Keeper admits: ‘I just stuck foot out’

DAVID de Gea has revealed that he simply ‘put my foot out as quickly as possible’ to deny Joel Matip with one of the saves of the season.

The Spaniard had a relatively trouble-free afternoon at Anfield, with Liverpool limited to five shots on target, but he made a scarcely believable stop before half-time.

Roberto Firmino darted to the byline and swung in a dangerous cutback for Matip, who had the goal at his mercy from six yards, but, somehow, United’s goalkeeper kept his sidefoot out with his left foot.

De Gea’s latest heroics come just a month after he made an incredible stop to deny compatriot Jese Rodriguez from point-blank range.

But the 26-year-old insists there was no science behind his latest stop.

“Everything happened so quickly. I put my foot out as quickly as possible and saved the ball, so I’m happy for that,” he told MUTV.

De Gea has now kept seven clean sheets in eight league games this season – which is United’s best ever clean sheet record for the start of a Premier League season.

And team-mate Nemanja Matic believes there is now no doubt about De Gea’s place in the pantheon of goalkeeping greats.

“They [Liverpool] had some great chances and David [De Gea], as always, was perfect and that’s why he’s one of the best goalkeepers in the world,” he added.