Nemanja Matic has hailed David De Gea as one of the best goalkeepers amidst uncertainty over his position in the team.
The Spaniard has been a reliable one man army for Manchester United in the last few years but his form in the last few matches has been asking questions. De Gea’s costly error have hurt United pretty badly as the Red Devils were crashed out of the Champions League and humiliated by Everton in the Premier League.
Gylfi Sigurdsson, Marcos Alonso and Lionel Messi all took advantages of his sloppy shot stopping skills and piled more misery on United. Despite his recent mistakes, a number of players have offered their allegiance towards him and Matic is the latest player to come out in defence of the keeper.
“Players make mistakes in every game and when a goalkeeper makes a mistake everyone sees that.
“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.”
