After United's 1-0 Win over Norwich in the Premier League match, manager Ronnick made it clear that the team was able to win the game thanks to De Gea's two or three saves in the second half. Among them, the Manchester United goalkeeper saved a left-footed long-range shot by Norwich centre-forward Puki, and two close-range headers from centre-back Kabak, both of which were "god save" level saves.
Among them, De Gea himself was most satisfied with the save that defused Puki's explosive shot in the 51st minute. 'I thought it was probably the most difficult to face Puki's save, he turned quickly and his left foot shot was so powerful that I lifted the ball out with my fingers.' De Gea explained, "It was a very difficult save, but I always say that, I'm here to help the team, especially on a day like today, a very, very difficult game. Cristiano (Ronaldo) scored a goal and scored three points 1-0, which was an important win for us."
The slow motion showed Puki's shot sinking straight into the dead corner, but De Gea rose into the air and defused the ball, and the Norwich striker held his head with both hands and his face was full of surprise, thinking that the ball was saved unbelievably.
"It was a fantastic game, plus the rainy weather, it was like a classic English football game, so it was wonderful." De Gea added, "Winning is important, Norwich have improved a lot since the change of coach, so the game is destined to be difficult, especially in the last 15 to 20 minutes. We lost the ball too quickly, too easily, so we needed to improve, but in the first half the team controlled the game and created chances. Of course we want to keep improving and scoring more goals, but two consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League are also key for us because we have conceded too many goals recently. Defense is very important and we can get confidence from it and move on."
This save has brought De Gea closer to the top of the Premier League goalkeeper's save list, he currently has a total of 53 saves, second only to the second place Trull (Norwich) and José Sa (Wolves), the two of them have only one more save, and the first Place Caspar Schmeichel, the number of saves is only 56, according to Manchester United's defensive performance, if there is no improvement, in a few rounds "Daddy Duck" will be in the first place.
Although the 31-year-old De Gea has performed the best in the team this season, the British media still tirelessly believes that his goalkeeping style is not suitable for Lonnick's high pressing tactics, which requires the goalkeeper to attack more and become a "goalkeeper" like Neuer. In response, De Gea confirmed that Lonnick did ask for more protection of the gap behind the defense.
Looking closely at the details of the game, fans can also find that de Gea rushed to the edge of the box to receive the ball more often than ever before in the Norwich battle. De Gea explained: "He asked me to be ready for the opponent's long pass behind the defence because he asked the whole team to be pressed high and I had to concentrate throughout the game. I feel good, I'm strong, I'm confident and most importantly I use my experience to help the team."
As we all know, 30 years old is still very young for the goalkeeper, if De Gea can improve the level of attack, coupled with fast reaction speed and goal line technology, then he will still have a long future at Manchester United, Dean Henderson is not an opponent.