David de Gea sent out a hilarious message after the Manchester United legend reacted to one of his standout performances in his Red Devils playing career.
The 34-year-old Spaniard first arrived at Old Trafford after iconic former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson signed him from Atletico Madrid in 2011.
David de Gea weathered a tough start to life in England before the United legend firmly established himself as Red Devils No 1.
The former Atletico Madrid shot-stopper was a mainstay at Old Trafford long after Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement and De Gea had a remarkable impact at United.
De Gea, who returned to football in the summer with Fiorentina, made a whopping 545 appearances for United during his 12 seasons at the Premier League club.
During his time at Old Trafford, the former United star lifted a Premier League title, a Europa League trophy, an FA Cup and two League Cups with the Red Devils.
De Gea enjoyed individual success at United as well, including scooping two Premier League Golden Glove awards and four Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year awards.
De Gea reacts to memorable Man Utd performance
The Premier League’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, paid tribute to David de Gea with a throwback to his remarkable performance against Arsenal in 2017.
Manchester United, who were led by former Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho at the time, travelled to the Emirates to face Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side.
Antonio Valencia opened the scoring in the fourth minute at the Emirates before Jesse Lingard doubled United’s advantage seven minutes later.
Alexandre Lacazette pulled one back for Arsenal only four minutes into the second half, but Jesse Lingard netted for the second time to extend United’s lead.
Paul Pogba was sent off in the second half, but United ensured all three points thanks to De Gea’s heroics in the 3-1 win.
De Gea equalled the Premier League record for saves in a match, with the former Spain international pulling off an incredible 14 saves at the Emirates.
Reacting to the Premier League’s post, he wrote: “Not a bad day.”
What Wenger and Mourinho said about De Gea vs Arsenal
Iconic former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger praised De Gea’s heroics in the match and admitted that the United legend was “absolutely outstanding” against Arsenal.
Jose Mourinho, much like Wenger, waxed lyrical about the Fiorentina star and called him the best shot-stopper in the world at the time.
“I told De Gea after the match, what I saw today was the best from a goalkeeper in the world,” he said, as per BBC Sport in 2017.
“I loved the way my team played and fought. Arsenal played in some period amazing attacking football – creating difficulties for us.
“But I have to say that my players deserve all the great words. I don’t know so many in English but amazing, phenomenal, fantastic. They deserved three points.”
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