Forget Ayden Heaven, Ben Foster in complete awe at ‘phenomenal’ Man Utd ace after 1-0 Newcastle result

Ben Foster waxed lyrical about one first-team Manchester United star ahead of Ayden Heaven after the 1-0 Premier League match result against Newcastle.

Ayden Heaven impressed in the Red Devils’ backline on Boxing Day after Ruben Amorim turned to the former Arsenal talent for a place in his starting XI.

The 19-year-old Manchester United defender featured across the full 90 minutes for the Red Devils and Heaven played a key part in his side securing a clean sheet.

United manager Ruben Amorim has been relying on Heaven in his tactical set-up in recent weeks after losing Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt to injuries.

The Red Devils hosted the Magpies at Old Trafford last Friday evening and United defeated Newcastle 1-0 after a stunning first-half opener from Patrick Dorgu.

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Ben Foster reacts to Patrick Dorgu’s Man Utd impact against Newcastle at Old Trafford

Manchester United broke the deadlock against Newcastle in the 24th minute of their Premier League clash after the Magpies failed to effectively clear a corner.

Newcastle’s clearance looped into the air and Patrick Dorgu superbly positioned himself under the ball before unleashing a sensational first-time volley.

Speaking on his podcast, Ben Foster was deeply impressed with the 21-year-old Danish wing-back’s technique and labelled Dorgu’s winner as “phenomenal.”

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“Right, the goal, the strike, phenomenal, right? Brilliant,” he said on Fozcast.

“The way that he’s running on to it… How difficult is it when you’re fully running on to something and you’re fully, fully, fully, fully, fully [committed] and then to execute it?

“The amount of people [who] actually just missed the ball in that instance is phenomenal, honestly.”

Foster added: “Balloon it, anything, right? The strike was amazing.”

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Ben Foster on Aaron Ramsdale’s role in Patrick Dorgu’s Man Utd winner over Newcastle in the Premier League clash

Dorgu’s effort was expertly finished into the bottom left corner of the Newcastle net, with Aaron Ramsdale unable to prevent the United defender’s first-half opener.

Foster has now insisted that Aaron Ramsdale should have done better during Dorgu’s volley and believes the Newcastle shot-stopper will be “disappointed.”

“I think Ramsdale will be disappointed once you get that way, because he’s got a full-on sight on it as well,” he continued.

“And it was quite, [there] was quite [a bit of] pace. But it wasn’t fingertips, it was… he got a decent hand.”

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Foster added: “I know because I know how much of a good goalie Ramsdale [is] and how quick he is. Like, that’s his wheelhouse. Like Ramsdale is, that is him all day long.

“He’s [got] those quick saves and I know for a fact he’ll be disappointed because he’s got his hand and he hasn’t done that, which I don’t know if you know what that means or not.

“But he’s forward like it, but sometimes you need to just do your thing, which really extends your arm a bit and I think he would have got it. So, he would have been disappointed, I can promise you.”

United will resume their Premier League campaign on Tuesday evening, with the sixth-place Red Devils hosting Wolves at Old Trafford for their final match of 2025.