Goalkeeper David De Gea had a second to overlook as Manchester United crashed to their fifth Premier League defeat of the season towards bottom-of-the-table aspect Watford on Sunday.
De Gea, who had already are available in for criticism after conceding a comfortable purpose in United’s 1-1 draw with Everton in midweek, endured a nightmare afternoon as United crashed to a 2-Zero awayday defeat to pile extra stress on more and more beleaguered boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Spanish stopper made an entire mess of a routine save as a weakly-hit shot from Watford’s Ismaila Sarr, which squirmed by way of the goalkeeper’s palms earlier than hitting him within the face and dropping into the online 5 minutes into the second half.
Kepa this, kepa that. Come on come and gather your goalkeeper.
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— El Rondo ?? (@PassTheBall___) December 22, 2019
Issues went from dangerous to worse simply 4 minutes later as Sarr was fouled within the penalty space by Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Watford striker Troy Deeney made no mistake from the spot as he despatched De Gea the unsuitable method and slammed his penalty kick into the online to place the Hornets out of attain at 2-Zero.
Troy Deeney on the stress
?"Actual stress is watching my mum work three jobs making an attempt to make ends meet for Christmas. That is soccer." pic.twitter.com/yY4mSBekCV
— Soccer Each day (@footballdaily) December 22, 2019
Issues had beforehand seemed optimistic for United following notable wins towards Tottenham Hotspur and crosstown rivals Manchester Metropolis earlier within the month. However the stage of the Pink Devils’ performances has dropped alarmingly since as stress begins to mount on boss Solskjaer.
“It was a mistake, it occurs in soccer and it’s what we practice for each day to ensure they do not occur once more. David has been excellent currently. It’s simply a kind of issues that occur,” mentioned Solskjaer after the sport.
“We began the sport sluggish. The primary half was very, very poor from each side, it was too sluggish, like a testimonial. You must earn each level on the pitch and at the moment we did not deserve that.”
The end result leaves United in eighth place within the Premier League with 25 factors from their 18 video games performed. That tally means United sit a colossal 24 factors behind league leaders Liverpool, and 7 factors shy of the UEFA Champions League qualification locations.
“Now we have to be higher towards these so-called decrease opposition sides who’ve a deep block,” mentioned United captain Harry Maguire.
“We had been sloppy and gave the ball away quite a few occasions. We weren’t ok and we have now to enhance. It’s one thing we can’t put our finger on.”
