OFFICIAL: De Gea becomes 1st goalkeeper since 2016 to win PL Player of the Month

David de Gea has been named the Premier League's Player of the Month, becoming the first goalkeeper to win the award in six years.

The 31-year-old made 22 saves across four games for Manchester United in January, helping them move up into the top four of the Premier League.

Southampton's Fraser Forster was the last keeper to win the prize back in February 2016.

It marks the first time that De Gea has been awarded the Premier League's Player of the Month in his 11-year spell at Manchester United.

De Gea topped a six-man January shortlist that featured Jarrod Bowen, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Harrison, Joao Moutinho and James Ward-Prowse.

Though he kept just one clean sheet in January, much like the rest of the season, De Gea produced a number of stellar performances in January.

The month started with a 1-0 defeat against Wolves in a game which De Gea made a string of crucial saves to keep the Red Devils in the game before Moutinho's 82nd minute winner.

De Gea again made a number of excellent saves despite Aston Villa coming from two goals down to get a point against the Red Devils.

The Spaniard was kept busy in the first-half against Brentford who could have been two or three goals up at the break, before United put the Premier League new boys to the sword with three goals in the second-half.

He then kept a clean sheet as United took a valuable 1-0 victory over West Ham to get a valuable three points in the battle for the Champions League spots.

In what has been a tough season for the Red Devils, De Gea has been arguably the club's most reliable performer and United would arguably be in a worse off position if it wasn't for the Spaniard.

Overall, De Gea has the most saves in the Premier League this season. His total of 84 is 13 more than his nearest challenger Illan Meslier