Matic’s vote of confidence for De Gea

Nemanja Matic believes his Manchester United teammate David De Gea is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world and has backed the Spanish number one to come good and deliver in the future after a few large blunders recently this season.

“Players make mistakes in every game and when a goalkeeper makes a mistake everyone sees that,” Matic told Sky Sports.

“When you are one of the best goalkeepers in the world people talk so much about his mistakes.

“When a goalkeeper at a ‘smaller’ club makes a mistake, its spoken about for one or two days, but one of De Gea’s mistakes is being spoken about for seven days.

“I’m very confident that this mistake won’t affect his career. He doesn’t read newspapers. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world and will be for years to come. I am very happy to have him in the team.

“He is a great guy, a great goalkeeper, and is probably the best player at United over the last four or five years. He is very focused on his job and is a good character. It’s good to have people like him in the dressing room.”

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