Andre Onana's bizarre goalkeeping for Taiwo Awoniyi's goal in Man Utd v Forest | OneFootball

Manchester United made a dismal start to their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon. Big things were expected of the Red Devils going into the 2023/24 season as they looked to build on their promising 2022/23 campaign.

They were heavy favourites to beat Wolves in their Premier League opener but, despite narrowly picking up the three points, they were extremely unconvincing and perhaps did not deserve to come away with a victory. They followed that result up with a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

United were hoping to get back to winning ways against Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford. However, they got off to the worst start possible as the away side took a shock two-goal lead after just four minutes.

Taiwo Awoniyi netted the opener before Wily Boly doubled his side's lead just minutes later. According to Opta, It took just 3 minutes and 47 seconds for United to fall 2-0 down to Forest, the earliest the Red Devils have ever trailed by two goals in a Premier League game.

Andre Onana's bizarre goalkeeping for Nottingham Forest's opener against Manchester United

United fell 1-0 down against Forest in truly shambolic circumstances. The home side won a very early corner after Matt Turner pushed Antony's strike round the post.

Forest dealt with United's set-piece and, incredibly, found themselves one-goal up shortly after. Morgan Gibbs-White headed the ball on and Awoniyi got to the ball ahead of Marcus Rashford at the halfway line. The Nigerian then raced away and just had United's £47.2m summer signing, Andre Onana, to beat. He managed to do that with ease and gave his side a very early lead.

Onana's goalkeeping for the opener has gone viral on social media. The Cameroonian was deceived by Forest's in-form striker and quite literally sat down before his effort on goal. That made it easy for Awoniyi, who easily tucked the ball into the corner. View Onana's goalkeeping for Forest's opener below...

Onana is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, let alone the Premier League, but he won't want to watch Awoniyi's goal back, that's for sure. He made it far too easy for the Nigerian striker.

Peter Schmeichel was critical of Onana for the goal. He told Premier League Productions, per Manchester Evening News: "I honestly couldn't believe what I was seeing for the first goal. So many mistakes and so much went wrong.

"There's so much space left behind them, Rashford is the last man, doesn't win the tackle and Onana makes it easy for Awoniyi. Then it's 1-0 and 25 seconds after the restart, [Willy] Boly doesn't move and just heads it in."

Manchester United produce spirited fightback to defeat Nottingham Forest

Fortunately for Onana, his mistake did not prove costly as United dug deep and managed to produce a dramatic comeback. Erik ten Hag's side pulled one back in the 17th minute through Christian Eriksen. Marcus Rashford found his teammate inside the box and the Danish midfielder made no mistake from a few yards out.

Casemiro restored parity just after half-time after United's clever free-kick routine. Rashford's deep cross found Fernandes at the back post, who nodded the ball across goal for Casemiro to convert from close range.

Fernandes completed the comeback in the 76th minute. United were given a penalty when Rashford was taken down inside the box and Fernandes made no mistake from the resulting spot-kick.

That turned out to be the winner as United managed to successfully navigate 11 minutes of stoppage-time to win all three points. It was a great result for the Manchester giants after such a dismal start and they will now be full of confidence going into their next match; a mouth-watering clash against Arsenal on Sunday 3 September.