Man United star Chong begs teammates after miss in Astana defeat
Tahith Chong apologised to his Manchester United teammates after his stunning miss in defeat at Astana last night.
Chong, 19, ballooned over an empty net from three yards out in the 55th minute at a time when United were 1-0 up and dominating Astana. The Kazakhs went onto win the Europa League tie 2-1.
United boss Ole Solskjaer said: “He stood up and said in the dressing room it would have been a different game if he had scored.
“But no striker should ever worry about missing chances. I think I did once as well.”
Another player who needed consoling was debutant Di’Shon Bernard turning the ball past his own goalkeeper for what proved to be the winner.
Solskjaer said: “He is disappointed of course and he will remember that from his debut.
“But we want him to remember all the other touches he had.
FC Astana have ended a run of six consecutive defeats in the Europa League by beating Man Utd. Captain Jesse Lingard scored his first Man United goal since January 2019 but it ended in tears.
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“He defended well put in some last-ditch clearances, he was excellent and sometimes strikers miss chances and sometimes defenders score own goals.
“That’s partly down to bad luck and I thought he did really well, that’s why I wanted him to remember this game.”