Andre Onana has declared that it has taken him up to eight months to get to grips with life Manchester United , but he has now reached a mental 'turning point'.
Manchester United signed the Cameroonian goal keeper from Inter Milan in Italy last summer for an initial £43.8m transfer fee as a long-term successor of their legend Spanish goal keeper David De Gea though Onana found a difficult career at Old Trafford.
The Cameroonian goal keeper was blamed for a series of wrong actions and tactless acts in his first few months with the Red Devils, but has begun to perform with a fine run of form in the previous matches as he made various nice saves in Wednesday night's 1-0 win at City Ground against Nottingham Forest.
Ahead of today's decisive derby away at Etihad Stadium in Manchester City, Onana has revealed he only recently overcome the requisite mental hurdles to put in such match-winning performance.
"I had a turning point, but not on the pitch... more mental," Onana told The Telegraph.
"Of course, last season I moved from Amsterdam [with Ajax] to Milan but that adaptation was quite easy. But it took me seven, eight months here. It was just time to learn and go game by game. I hope we will end on top.
"I already know the goalkeeper that I am. It took me six months or seven months not to play good just to feel good. It was a difficult time for me. Now I'm feeling a bit better. Everything was new, it was difficult for me to feel at home for so many reasons - new country...
"Now I'm feeling good. I don't want to talk about performance because I know the goalkeeper I am. The most important thing is to be set, to be happy and I will shine.
"My teammates - they always reminded me who I am and the goalkeeper I am and why I came to this club. They told me, 'Andre, it took some players two years, for others six months and others no time. You have that personality to turn the situation [around]'.
"They always believed in me and told me from the beginning, 'Andre, the quality is there, it's just a matter of time'.
"I am very happy, especially with the supporters, the fans, they were nice with me even in difficult periods and I'm very thankful. I can only thank them. Everything is behind me, now we have to move on and together a great time will come. We just have to do the right thing and the future will be brilliant for all of us."
Nowviba updates about the Manchester derby insights which include, Manchester United are unbeaten in six away games and have managed to score nine goals in their last five matches.
Whereas for Manchester City, has been ranked third for most goals per match and take the fifth position with eight clean sheets in Premier League.
As per now the Citizens(Manchester City) sit in the second position with fifty-one points just one point separating them with Arsenal whereas the Red Devils(Manchester United) are in the sixth position with a zero goal difference in the Premier League table.
