After United's Premier League match against Newcastle, the Red Devils' official website's best vote of the game was no doubt, with goalkeeper David De Gea receiving as much support as 70 per cent and goal hero Cavani scoring only 17 per cent. Because if it were not for De Gea's high resistance, Cavani's goal would not have been enough to bring a draw.
De Gea has made seven successful saves in this game and has made 60 premier league saves in 17 games this season, jumping second among all goalkeepers in the league, behind Leeds United's Meslier (65). In third place is the main goalkeeper of the Premier League's bottom team Norwich, Tim Krul, while Meslier's Leeds United, which is only ranked 16th in the league, is also a relegation team, which shows that although he plays for the giants Manchester United, De Gea does the job of a relegation team goalkeeper.
De Gea failed to react when Saint-Maximan scored, but United could not blame the goalkeeper for the goal conceded, and even the save would certainly not have been long enough. Despite the fact that the opening game had already confirmed that there was no clean sheet bonus, De Gea still used his own save to ensure that United did not concede more goals.
In the first half, United goalkeepers defused Servi's long-range shots, while in the second half they blocked threatening attacks from Saint-Maximan, Fraser and Almiron, failing Newcastle to score the second goal. Among them, the left foot long-range shot that saved Almiron was the most exciting, when Newcastle's first shot hit the right upright and popped up, and after the substitute attacker Almiron got the ball, the left foot on the edge of the penalty area made a delicate arc, and the ball went straight to the top left corner of the goal, which was inevitable. But De Gea rose into the air and with one hand turned the ball out of the door.
After Almiron finished his footing, he originally thought that the goal would be unquestionable, but when he found that he was defused by De Gea and could not rewrite the score to 2-1, Newcastle genius hugged his head in regret, and his face was full of disbelief. Newcastle boss Eddie Howe also regretted after the match: "We are disappointed that Newcastle is eligible to win. But how de Gea could have saved Almiron's shot, I couldn't have imagined!"
Manchester United interim manager Ronnick put on the "world's best goalkeeper" top hat for De Gea. Lonnick said: "I think we have played better in some of the last games, but now the key is to get a good result, today we conceded the first goal and finally equalized. The end result could also be 2-2, with De Gea making two or three more fantastic saves and, as with Norwich, we had another chance to score. David is one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he showed that ability both against Norwich and in today's game."
United's official website sees De Gea's miraculous save deflected by Armilon's long-range shot as his best save so far this season. 'There won't be many people who will want to revisit United's game against Newcastle, but De Gea's 88th minute save is the only exception. Its report commented.
In the three rounds of the Premier League after Lonnick took office, Manchester United conceded only one goal, and the biggest contributor to it was De Gea. In the current Red Devils squad, De Gea alone is almost equivalent to the entire team's defense, which is not an exaggeration. Regardless of the other positions, De Gea's Manchester United No. 1 goalkeeper position has become more and more secure, and England international Dean Henderson may have to choose to leave the team on loan in the winter transfer window.