Andre Onana has posted a fierce response on social media after Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho’s controversial deleted post. Garnacho could face a ban for his actions, but Onana has leapt to the teenage winger’s defence after his Champions League heroics.

Against FC Copenhagen in Group A, Onana’s last-minute save of Jordan Larsson’s penalty in the 97th minute set off frenzied celebrations at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.

Andre Onana jumps to defence of Man Utd star Alejandro Garnacho amid 'FA investigation'

With losses to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray in their first two games, failure would have put United in dаnger of an embarrassing early exit.

Following the game, several United players flocked to social media to praise the 27-year-old goalie and Harry Maguire, who scored the game-winning goal to extend his comeback.

However, Garnacho’s post, which featured a picture of the squad applauding Onana’s save and two gorilla emojis in the text, caused controversy.

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Garnacho deleted the post less than an hour later, but the Football Association is aware of the incident and has sought his observations on it.

However, Onana has taken to X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram to defend Garnacho with a fierce response to criticism.

“People cannot choose what I should be offended by. I know exactly what @agarnacho7 meant: power and strength. This matter should go no further. AO24,” Onana wrote.

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Onana defended Garnacho on X and Instagram

The Cameroon international included the same photo Garnacho used in his deleted post, plus a separate image of the pair hugging.

Despite Onana’s public defence and Garnacho’s quick deletion, the Argentinian ace could still be Һit with a fine and ban.

Andre Onana says Alejandro Garnacho shouldn't be punished for social media post in message of support to Man United teammate | talkSPORT

In 2020, two months after arriving in England, Edinson Cavani was Һit with a three-game suspension and £100,000 fine for using the word ‘Gracias Negrito’ in an Instagram comment thanking a young fan.

Cavani deleted the comment, loosely translating to ‘thanks little black boy’ or ‘guy with black hair’, and issued an apology.

But the Uruguayan veteran didn’t escape punishment by an independent commission after admitting an FA charge of misconduct for an aggravated breach of the rules relating to racism.