Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reacts to Paul Scholes’ criticism of David Gea.
United legend Paul Scholes accused De Gea of ‘bottling it’ after he turned his back on Justin Kluivert and allowed the forward to clip the ball over him which led to RB Leipzig’s 3rd goal.
“He bottles it. He’s scared of getting himself hurt,” Scholes told BT Sport.
“You should never go across your box like that. Harry Maguire is wooden and stiff and De Gea, as a goalkeeper you come out and make yourself as big as you can.
“You might get smashed in the face or get injured but he turns his back away. He actually makes himself smaller. It’s criminal for such an experienced goalkeeper.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came out in support of his No.1 goalkeeper.
“I think David’s a top goalkeeper, of course I do, and rightly so he’s on the lists of being the best goalkeeper in Europe,” Solskjaer said.
“He’s handled criticism before and setbacks before, he’s a man that we really rely on and hopefully he’s not affected by criticism and I don’t think he will be.
“Every goal a goalkeeper concedes you’ll be disappointed with.”
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