David de Gea was 'like a brick wall' and now has essentially the most saves within the Premier League this season... Rio Ferdinand and followers laud Spaniard for starring function in Man United win towards Brentford
- David de Gea delivered one other high efficiency within the win over Brentford
- Spaniard was branded a 'wall' by Rio Ferdinand after his first-half exploits
- He mentioned United might have been two or three down however for the goalkeeper
- Followers on social media joined Ferdinand in waxing lyrical in regards to the stopper
David de Gea has been lavished with reward for his starring function in Manchester United' 3-1 win over Brentford on Wednesday evening.
The goalkeeper delivered a masterclass within the first half to maintain the Bees at bay and set his aspect up for his or her onslaught within the second interval.
On the break, Rio Ferdinand informed BT Sport: 'With out De Gea it might have been two or three. He is sort of a brick wall, what number of occasions have we sat right here and mentioned that.'
Even opposition supervisor Thomas Frank accepted that the Spaniard was on high type, reflecting afterwards: 'It was a type of nights, honest play to David de Gea, if we get these possibilities once more one will go at the back of the web.
'Our depth killed them, we confirmed that within the first half, we performed the Brentford means.'
De Gea made some essential stops along with his legs that arguably ought to have been scored however his positioning couldn't be questioned. Ferdinand and Frank had been joined by a refrain of followers on social media praising the keeper.
One wrote: 'De Gea deserves the possibility to have extra clear sheets than any United keeper in historical past.
'He quantity he has to save lots of is horrible for a membership like United. One other high-quality efficiency and three factors.'
One other posted: 'David de Gea has essentially the most saves within the Premier League. That's an embarrassing stat for Manchester United exhibiting how they simply can not management video games.
'With out DDG United could be in a means worse place than they're in now.'
Whereas a 3rd commented that the significance of the stopper was proven within the anticipated targets for either side with Brentford at 2.74 xG and the victors just one.98.