I felt unbeatable - De Gea reflects on Emirates heroics

Manchester United's hero in its 3-1 win at Arsenal on Saturday was David de Gea, who felt like nothing was going to get past him.

Published : Dec 04, 2017 00:56 IST

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea made a record-equalling 14 saves against Arsenal on Saturday. 
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea made a record-equalling 14 saves against Arsenal on Saturday. 
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Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea made a record-equalling 14 saves against Arsenal on Saturday. 

David de Gea felt "unbeatable" during his incredible performance in Manchester United's 3-1 win at Arsenal on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho's men produced a fine counter-attacking display, as two goals from Jesse Lingard and another from Antonio Valencia secured a valuable victory in London, in spite of Paul Pogba being sent off.

On another day the scoreline could have been significantly different, however, as Arsenal created a host of chances.

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Unluckily for the side, it came up against a De Gea at the very top of his game, with the Spain international levelling a Premier League record of 14 saves in a single match. 

When asked if he felt unbeatable, De Gea told MUTV : "Sometimes, you just start a game with a really good save, with a good feeling, you feel that [unbeatable].

"But we started the game really well, we scored two important goals and it's true that we lost a bit of a control of the game after, but it was a good performance."

De Gea was also of the opinion that United actually looked more solid after Pogba's dismissal in the 74th minute.

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"We probably defended better after Paul was sent off," he said. "We defended very well, I don't think they created many chances after that, so the three points stayed with us.

"It was a brilliant performance from the team, defensively and on the counter-attack we killed them, so we're really happy with the three points."

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