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26th Jan 2015

VINE: Victor Valdes makes a howler in first appearance for Man Utd

Oh dear

Kevin McGillicuddy

Oh dear

Victor Valdes had a choice to make when it came to deciding where his next club after Barcelona was going to be. And by all accounts he thought it was a better option to be a sub at Manchester United than a first team player at Anfield as a possible replacement for Simon Mignolet.

He may have to re-think that after making a mistake tonight in his first appearance for his new club.

The Spanish international net-minder left a powerful but not exactly netbusting shot by Jerome Sinclair past him to level up the score at 1-1 after Nick Powell had opened the scoring for United in the Premier League Under-21 clash at Leigh Sports Village.

Valdes was caught at his nearpost so David De Gea might be safe enough yet in the number 1 jersey.

Cover your near post next time Victor.

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