It is logical that the coach defends his charge in front of journalists, but he could choose less flashy words. Although he also acknowledged after the last match: “Every player must give adequate performances. David knows he shouldn’t have gotten the second goal. “
De Gea in the lost Sunday semifinal of the FA Cup with Chelsea (1: 3) he hesitated again. He collected three times, he could probably catch all the goal shots, but especially the second one protrudes.
Mason Mount shot from a medium distance. Not too emphatic, not very well placed … Still, the balloon fluttered in the net.
Olivier Giroud’s shot from the first half also passed through his fingers, and during the third hit by Chelsea, the patriot of Harry Maguire’s tracker, he might have been able to close the space on the first pole better.
“Time to put De Geu on the bench,” said goalkeeper Alan Shearer, now a BBC television expert. “This is still happening to him.”
It should not fit that a few decent interventions De Gea against Chelsea. But he is making more and more mistakes, even though he should be at the top at the age of 29. Maybe he hadn’t been himself for two years.
He did not miss the 2018 World Cup, where he got six goals from seven shots and according to statistics from the Spanish daily Marc, it was the worst goalie performance in the history of championships since 1966.
“In earlier years, he was the player United could count on. But it’s not him anymore. And this is not the current situation, “said former defender Gary Neville last month.
De Gea hesitated in a duel with Tottenham. Before that, he did not have a clear conscience against Bournemouth, he made mistakes even in the early stages of the season – from the beginning of last year he made seven kicks from the beginning, which led to a goal. Only Martin Dúbravka from Newcastle has a higher number.
“De Gea is currently completely unusable,” former striker Chris Sutton criticizes the Daily Mail. “Absolutely hopeless performance. His confidence is visibly broken to pieces. “
BBC commentator Phil McNulty said in response to Solskjaer’s earlier remarks that “De Gea is not only not the best goalkeeper in the world, but he is not the best in the Premier League either, let alone in Manchester itself.”
That’s why De Ge’s successor at United’s gate, Dean Henderson, shakes louder and louder. The 23-year-old Englishman is his second year in guest appearances in Sheffield, which he first helped to advance among the elite and is now the mainstay of the eighth table.
He caught more zeros (13) than De Gea (12), collected fewer goals (29 against 35), has more interventions (95 – 91) and a higher average of hits per match (2.79 – 2.53).
Henderson is due to return to Old Trafford after the season, and his ambitious nature will not allow him to settle for second place behind his Spanish competitor. He has strong support in the fan ranks – the Sky Sports server proves it the result of a poll in which 65 percent of voters would entrust him with the post of number one.
De Geu holds a lucrative contract with United, which he signed in September 2019 and is due to expire in the summer of 2023. At the same time, it has lacked real competition for a long time – with all due respect to the satisfied duo Sergio Romero, which should change with the return of the talented Henderson.
Maybe that will lead to De Geo’s improvement. Otherwise, it can be expected that Manchester will start looking for a way to get rid of the former support.
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