De Gea sparks concern with dismal attempt to stop Aston Villa equaliser

A chunk of footage centering on the efforts of Manchester United star David de Gea has piqued widespread attentions throughout the membership’s fanbase on Saturday.

The Pink Devils, after all, have been again in motion a short while in the past.

Within the membership’s newest pre-season outing, Erik ten Hag’s troops made the journey to Perth, Australia, hoping to make it 4 wins on the trot in a gathering with Aston Villa.

When all was mentioned and executed, nevertheless, United have been finally compelled to accept a share of the spoils.

This got here regardless of the Manchester giants racing out to a two-goal benefit contained in the opening 45 minutes, courtesy of a strike on the a part of Jadon Sancho, adopted by a Matty Money personal purpose.

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Villa pulled one again on the opposite aspect of the interval when Leon Bailey slotted residence, earlier than Calum Chambers’ header deep into injury-time ensured that Steven Gerrard’s males didn’t depart the Optus Stadium empty-handed.

And it was the purpose netted by the previous Arsenal man which, as alluded to above, has since given rise to widespread criticism of David de Gea.

The Spanish worldwide, after all, has usually been targetted over current seasons for a scarcity of dominance of his personal penalty space, significantly underneath the excessive ball.

And such shortcomings on De Gea’s half have been on full show as soon as extra on Saturday.

This got here because the shot-stopper was far too simply shielded away from an outswinging supply from the suitable, earlier than showing to duck, relatively than problem Aston Villa’s attackers for the ball.

Take a look at footage of the regarding second under:

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