Ben Foster claims David de Gea is ‘not suited to the type of football Erik ten Hag wants to play’
Ben Foster criticised David de Gea’s performance against Brentford and said the Manchester United goalkeeper was ‘not suited to the type of football Erik Ten Hag wants to play’.
The Spain international let a shot from Josh Dasilva slip under his grasp to see Brentford open the scoring during their Premier League clash last weekend.
De Gea went on to concede three more goals during the game at the Community Stadium – allowing Brentford to win 4-0 during Ten Hag’s second game in charge.
David De Gea asked to be interviewed following Man United’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford
Speaking to TalkSPORT about De Gea’s performance, Foster said: ‘I can excuse the first goal, I really can. That’s just a mistake and everyone makes mistakes. It’s poor technique from him.
‘But, it’s one of those shots where it’s in between a dive and a scoop and he has executed any of them. It’s managed to go through his hands.
‘That’s the sort of thing you would do in training and you would pick up. You would save it 100 times out of 100. But when it’s in a game and the pressure is on, that’s when you have a bit of self doubt. That’s all it takes sometimes.
The Spanish goalkeeper let slip a shot from Josh Dasilva for Brentford’s opening goal
De Gea went on to concede three more goals during the game at the Community Stadium
‘The worrying thing for me though was after that, De Gea was still trying to play the ball out from the back.
‘I think the problem with De Gea, and he’s a world class goalie and he is one of my favourite goalkeepers in the Premier league era, but he’s not suited to playing it out from the back. He’s not suited to the type of football Ten Hag wants to play.
‘If Ten Hag wants to play this style of football they are going to get caught out like they did against Brentford.’
Speaking after the game, De Gea admitted he cost his side two points and owned up to his poor performance.
Foster has said that De Gea’s way of playing does not suit manager Erik ten Hag’s style
De Gea admitted he cost his side two points and owned up to his poor performance
‘I want to take responsibility.’ De Gea said. ‘I think I cost my team two points. It was a poor performance from me. I think so. That can happen in football.
‘We should react better but I should have saved the first shot. If I had the first result might be different. Maybe I have to read the game better and kick it long. We always try to play we always try to have the ball.
‘We are not like other teams. We see teams concede a goal and then win 5-1. For us I made a mistake and it may have changed the result.’
