Marcus Rashford was one of many personalities across the footballing world heaping praise on David De Gea after the Spaniard's exceptional performance in Manchester United's win over West Ham.
The 31-year-old made a number of crucial saves as United extended their unbeaten Premier League run to five games on the bounce.
Undoubtedly the pick of the bunch was De Gea's stretching second-half dive to his right side to deny a Kurt Zouma header that looked otherwise certain to level the game.
Speaking following the game, matchwinner Marcus Rashford led the praise for the United stalwart:
'David was excellent. Zouma's header I don't know how he saved it and then the one from Rice. David is a top keeper who produces top moments like that.'
Rashford wasn't the only United fan favourite to sing the Spaniard's praises however, legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel took to Twitter to praise the United number one.
'David De Gea. Unbelievable.'
Though his two late saves to deny Zouma and Declan Rice almost certainly cost West Ham a point at Old Trafford, Hammers boss David Moyes did not shy away from complimenting the veteran 'keeper.
'David de Gea was fantastic. We know how good a goalkeeper he is, he has been such a good keeper for so many years here. The two he saved were worldies. I'm pleased for him because he is a great guy but it's important for us to get something today and we didn't get it.'
Aaron Cresswell also discussed the frustration of facing an elite goalkeeper like De Gea at the peak of his powers.
'Yeah I think he made some unbelievable saves, on another day they go in. It's frustrating on our part that we haven't taken anything from the game. In the dressing room we said it feels like the worst case scenario because we should have definitely got something.'
De Gea's impressive performance comes just days after he was snubbed by Spain manager Luis Enrique ahead of the upcoming World Cup.
Enquire's 55-man provisional squad for the tournament, which included five goalkeepers, did not feature the Manchester United star who has not represented his country since 2020 and looks unlikely to add to his 45 international appearances in the near future.
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good goalkeeper in the all days I appreciate u David De Gea🤝
jamesLaitui
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i don't understand why Enrique didn't include de gea......
HannaanBumbooze
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as a barca fan I'd say you are absolutely correct and it's definitely gonna lead into poor performance in qatar
cemacdnstu
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exactly de Gea good job
CooperativeSurgery7
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Spains manager will be sacked soon
yiemnorsty
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nice keeping
fadbdiklnz
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Happy that he wasn't included and that he is still putting in memorable performances that we know he is capable of
Jeremycamp
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I know Luis Enrique needs ball playing keepers, but after this performance from De Gea, he'll surely regret his decision to exclude him from the 55 man squad. Unai Simon, Robert Sanchez, and David Raya aren't bad but they still concede more goals.
Brendanobi
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degea's exclusion in the the world cup list is Spain's loss
Zuzcelopuy
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sincerely bc there's no other explanation to choosing Raya n the brighten keeper over Spain's best shot stopper
This attitude may lead to Spain not doing very well at the tournament
tundasidd
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Enrinque had personal beef with certain players in certain clubs
sincerely bc there's no other explanation to choosing Raya n the brighten keeper over Spain's best shot stopper
Teebless
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What a save ✅✅
Zuzcelopuy
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Enrinque had personal beef with certain players in certain clubs