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Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayandir took his team-mates to a celebratory dinner following their heroic penalty shootout defeat of Arsenal in the FA Cup third round.
Barnstorming Cup tie in North London A shaky start to Bayandir came alive on 70 minutes when United were tasked with keeping the tie level. Arsenal were controversially awarded a penalty – Harry Maguire was deemed by referee Andy Medley to have fouled Kai Havertz with VAR not in place to intervene – and Martin Odegaard never missed from 12 yards in his senior professional career.
Bayandir ended that record by spreading to his left, clearing the ball before a brilliant point-blank save from Declan Rice took the game into extra time. A penalty shootout was eventually needed to separate the two rivals, Bayandir again heroically saving Kai Havertz’s effort.
combined Hit all five of his penalties to progress to the fourth round – now reunited with Ruud van Nistelrooy Lester’s manager, the award – and Bayandir was rightly named player of the match.
speaking together Club channelsBayandir’s goalkeeping teammate Andre Onana has revealed how Bayandir celebrated the occasion.
“We all congratulated him because he did an amazing job. We are all proud of him,” Onana commented. “He’s been here for a year and a half or more, and he works hard every day. Now he’s getting his reward. He deserves it.
“He invited us to the restaurant (after the game) because he did so well. Hopefully, he will invite us more and more, because that means he will continue to play like this!”
Bayandir had made just four appearances for United before his Sunday heroics, with three of those appearances coming in this season’s Carabao Cup. However, United have been linked with signing a new goalkeeper – Parma’s £40m-rated Zion Suzuki Supposedly in the crosshairs of the club.
