Manchester United 1 - 0 FC Copenhagen reads the score. 96:40 reads the clock. Jordan Larsson starts his run-up... 97 minutes of hard running, very chaotic action has now come down to one question. Who will get the last touch? Jordan Larsson or Andre Onana?
One the son of a man who made a cult cameo for Manchester United but could now put the club at the bottom of their Champions League group with one kick. The other a man who came in place of a club legend and has started his career with a series of errors that's brought with it a torrent of criticism.
Manchester United's European campaign is as good as on the balance.
On an emotionally charged night, one in which they paid tribute to their greatest ever player, Old Trafford had watched their team huff and puff and be a pale imitation of their potential till a lovely Christian Eriksen cross was headed in by another much-maligned figure in Harry Maguire. That had turned the murmurs of discontent and the smattering of boos into a giant collective cheer -- of relief and celebration.
They'd seen Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho and Scott McTominay fluff their lines with very presentable chances. They'd then seen McTominay penalised for a high boot in the penalty area 4 minutes and 11 seconds into the minimum 4 minutes added on after the 90.
Larsson steps up and takes a quick stutter step halt just before striking the ball. Onana waits and waits, jumping up and down on his line before making a slight movement to his right. That movement is made at the exact moment Larsson takes the stutter... and he buys it. Head now down, Larsson smashes the ball to Onana's left, which is the direction in which he's dived.
It's still a touch high, though, and it takes a very fast, very strong hand up to deflect the shot wide. Almost immediately he was mobbed by everyone in red, including the entire subs bench, and had to be told the final whistle had already blown when he tried to get those hugging him to pay attention and defend a potential corner.
After the match, manager Erik Ten Hag said the celebrations were reflective of the team spirit amongst his wards. "They are together, they fight together, they celebrate together and if we have setbacks they support each other," he said. "I think that spirit is always needed to be a successful team. The win was justified but it was a narrow escape."
"He showed personality," is what he said of Onana, meanwhile.
We'd seen that personality before too. After making a basic error on his Champions League debut, Onana had owned up to his mistake(s), asking to be interviewed post-match, apologizing to fans and teammates. He'd not had a great second CL game either, and he'd been anything but solid in the Premier League. At no point, though, had he shied away from the spotlight.
He'd started this third game CL nervously, though, diving and palming away a ball that was going miles wide: a telling sign of a goalkeeper who's unsure of himself. But he'd improved as the match went on, his handling assured, his command of the aerial ball absolute. He'd made a solid save in the second half, diving to his right to keep out a fierce Lukas Larger strike -- those had been the kind of shots he'd been letting in, the kind of play that had dragged him into the toxic and instantly negative world of online criticism.
But it was that penalty save that sealed he'd risen above it. With the very last touch of the match, Onana had ensured United stayed afloat in the Champions League.
After the match, Onana was quick to praise Maguire, before saying about his save, "I was just doing my job."
And for doing his job that well, Andre Onana's last second save is ESPN India's Champions League moment of the week.