Dave saves.
Then he saves again.
And again. And again, and again.
Manchester United and Arsenal served up an absolute treat at The Emirates, on Saturday, as they both thought ‘Sod that’ and played kamikaze football.
United belted into a 2-0 lead and could have went three up but for a smart Peter Cech save. Arsenal then went full kitchen sink for the next 30 minutes yet somehow went in two clear at the break. Nemanja Matic made one excellent block but the visitors were indebted to goalkeeper David De Gea.
The Spanish international made stunning saves from Hector Bellerin, Alexandre Lacazette [twice], Aaron Ramsey and United teammate Romelu Lukaku but the Gunners were denied time and again.
De Gea started off the second half with a good save from Alexis Sanchez but Lacazette eventually ended his stubborn resistance.
Arsenal pressed for the equaliser but De Gea somehow, some way, upped his performance levels again. Sanchez and Alex Iwobi were brilliantly thwarted on either side of an incredible double save.
First up, he dived low to his right to deny a Lacazette rasper. Sanchez was first to the rebound but De Gea stuck out a leg and blocked him too.
Football fans were quite simply, and rightly, in awe.
That David De Gea double save's got everyone feeling like…#ARSMUN pic.twitter.com/UZJ4HB5zDm
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) December 2, 2017
@D_DeGea perleeeeeeease! What a goalie. The best in the world bar none.
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) December 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/crandall87/status/937030426203512832
David De Gea could save a PDF file on a calculator.
— hash (@hashim0307) December 2, 2017
United broke up-field with 25 minutes to play and Paul Pogba teed up Jesse Lingard to make it 3-1.
Pogba was then red-carded and United were forced to sit back, hold on and rely on De Gea whenever the Gunners managed to breach their defensive screen. Danny Welbeck and Nacho Monreal tested him but the United ‘keeper was handled their attempts with ease.
3-1 at full-time. Never in doubt…
https://twitter.com/GodwinIvan/status/937032884304609282
David De Gea could have saved the dinosaurs from extinction.
— Raj Chohan (@rajsinghchohan) December 2, 2017
David de Gea tonight…#MUFC #ARSMUN pic.twitter.com/RA7v4akm7w
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 2, 2017
World-class performance from a world-class goalkeeper.
Then Steve McManaman goes and awards man of the match to Jesse Lingard…
