David De Gea name is a hot topic now. Unfortunately, this time it was not De Gea’s impressive rescue which was the subject of discussion, it was precisely the fatal blunder that continued to be discussed.
David De Gea made a big mistake when Manchester United drew 1-1 with Chelsea in the 36th week of the Premier League 2018/19, Sunday (28/4) night. He made a mistake that should only be done by amateur goalkeepers.
What happened was at that time De Gea mistakenly anticipated long-range kick from Antonio Rudiger at the end of the first half. The ball should only need to be pushed aside, but De Gea just spewed the ball for trying to catch it.
Reporting from Sky Sports, Rudiger’s shot was Chelsea’s first shot in the first 42 minutes. MU appeared quite good and could have wrapped up the victory if De Gea did not make a silly blunder.
The blunder is getting worse because it is the fourth successive blunder by De Gea. Previously, he made a blunder that allowed Lionel Messi to score Barcelona’s second goal in the Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Then, in the game against Everton, he was late in anticipating a long-range shot from Gylfi Sigurdsson. Not enough there, De Gea also made a mistake at the Manchester Derby, he was unable to anticipate Leroy Sane’s shot.
All of De Gea’s mistakes were a little different, but in essence it was a mistake in the matter of stopping the opponent’s shot – which was actually De Gea’s main force in recent years.
De Gea has made four mistakes that resulted in an opponent’s goal in the Premier League this season. Only two other goalkeepers made more mistakes, Bernd Leno and Jordan Pickford.
To understand the context of this blunder, De Gea made only three such mistakes in the last five seasons combined. Very far comparison.
De Gea was a personification of the consistency and greatness of the goalkeeper. He even remained consistent when MU slumped in the last few seasons. However, De Gea now is not the former De Gea. What happened, De Gea?
