David de Gea has called on his teammates to "keep believing" after Manchester United bounced back from last weekend's Manchester derby defeat to beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Alex Iwobi had put the Toffees ahead before goals from Antony and Cristiano Ronaldo - his 700th club career goal - turned the game on its head by half-time. United are now fifth in the table, just one point away from the top four.
But Iwobi's opener means Erik ten Hag's men have conceded first in the last three games and De Gea has not kept a clean sheet in four matches. Some fans are calling for United to offload the goalkeeper when his contract expires in the summer, despite his three clean sheets this season.
The Spaniard hasn't been picked for his national side since November, with his last appearance coming in October 2020. He isn't expected to travel to Qatar for next month's World Cup.
De Gea was slammed by some for his start to the season in United's losses to Brighton and Brentford, making a blunder in the 4-0 loss to the latter. However, speaking after Sunday's win over Everton, he called on his teammates to keep the faith.
When asked about dealing with negativity fired at the team, he told BT Sport: "I think it’s part of football.
"Sometimes when you win it’s easy to say ‘this team is very good and the players are playing very well’ but sometimes in some bad periods we have to be focused, keep training hard believe in yourself and the team.
"So that’s what we are doing. Believe in my teammates, staff altogether and keep believing ."
NAFRIENDEM
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u were so good on our last match day...u were brave enough to come off the line with some clearances...that's wat we expect from an experience keeper like you...when we play on a high line u have to do it on consistent basis...true fans always backed you in your bad days...so now its your responsibility to keep up that faith...
well said bro. A true and sensible football fan u are indeed
mehblnp
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it's always the case when someone lacks stiff competition... there's no challenge for David de Gea
KingKlef
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Criticizing him won’t change anything Our defense is not that good They make silly mistakes
Teydeiklmt
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u were so good on our last match day...u were brave enough to come off the line with some clearances...that's wat we expect from an experience keeper like you...when we play on a high line u have to do it on consistent basis...true fans always backed you in your bad days...so now its your responsibility to keep up that faith...
zuaeiorstz
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He's equally to blame for some of those goals twice against City getting beat at his near post , he's not authoritative around the 18 yard aerially like other top keepers, teams are aware of those limitations and don't hesitate to float the ball in the 18 yard area at every given opportunity
allaxe
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Actually it’s not his fault! The problem is with the defenders who makes careless mistakes. Take a look all the goals which had been scored by the opponents!