Manchester United manager David Moyes has praised goalkeeper David De Gea after showing improvement since his arrival.
Despite the slow-start under Moyes, the former-Everton boss believes his number-one goalkeeper has been a positive and has been in superb form over the last few weeks.
Ever since joining United, De Gea has been questioned over his strength and his ability to deal with air-balls, but when it comes to shot-stopping, he has to be considered as one of the best in the Premier League and that is an opinion Moyes agrees with.
“He is improving all the time. You can see he has great agility and he needed it to make that save,” said Moyes.
“It is one of the best I have ever seen as well,” said Moyes. “It was incredible. I said it on the bench right away, what a save it was. It’s an amazing save, it really is.
“And that was a turning point. I didn’t think we deserved to be losing but had we gone 2-0 down, then it would have been a mountain to climb.
“Obviously it would have given Sunderland a great boost. When Sir Alex Ferguson brought David in, there probably were a few seasons when it might have been a bit rocky but I think he has definitely established himself now.
“I have been really impressed by his athleticism and he is still a young goalkeeper.
“I thought the old manager was brave to bring a young goalkeeper in; it is actually hard to bring in young goalkeepers and young centre-halves. Hopefully David will feel the benefit of that in the years to come.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt
