Francis Uzoho: Omonoia goalkeeper's old tweets about Man Utd are just lovely

Francis Uzoho was the talk of the town after his goalkeeping masterclass at Manchester United on Thursday night.

Omonoia looked, for all intents and purposes, to be strolling towards a 5-0, 6-0, 7-0 defeat when they made the trip to Old Trafford this week despite having made life hard for their Premier League opponents during the reverse fixture.

But just as they had at the GSP Stadium just days beforehand, the Cypriot side frustrated United and remarkably came just seconds away from taking a point back to Nicosia.

That's because Neil Lennon's side put on a Herculean performance at the 'Theatre of Dreams' that was only unravelled by a stoppage-time winner from Scott McTominay that felt rather cruel.

Nevertheless, Omonia could feel very proud about their efforts and that especially goes for the aforementioned Uzoho, who grabbed the opportunity to play against the team that he supports with both hands.

With first-choice stopper Fabiano Freitas, who won the Man of the Match award against United the previous week, out of the return fixture through injury, Uzoho had the chance to make a name for himself in one of football's most famous arenas - and boy did he.

The Nigeria international produced one of the finest goalkeeping displays of the 2022/23 season so far by making a staggering 12 saves to come within inches of bagging himself a clean sheet.

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And although McTominay would ultimately spoil the party with his unsaveable late winner, you could certainly forgive Uzoho for still being on top of the world after the game in spite of the fact.

After all, Uzoho had been the star of the show against the team of his heart in a match-up that, with all due respect to this impressive