Football news - David De Gea disillusioned by Manchester United struggles - Parker
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Updated 23/12/2019 at 22:01 GMT
David De Gea let one slip through his fingers as Manchester United lost to Watford but Paul Parker reckons he knows why even the club's brilliant goalkeeper is starting to hit problems...
Manchester Uniteds goalkeeper David de Gea reaction after letting the ball slip through his fingers to allow Watfords Ismaila Sarr to score for his side during the Premier League match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road, Watford on Sun
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Don't write off De Gea yet
I think David de Gea is a little bit disillusioned, which is why these errors have come into his game.
He's had to carry his outfield team-mates a lot over the last few years and I'm not sure his mind is in the right place at the moment.
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For the incident against Watford, he was either thinking ahead and messed up the easy bit of his job, perhaps he's generally worried about the state of the club, or maybe he's worried about his form, especially with the Euros coming up.
There are a lot of players who make more mistakes than him. He's dragged Manchester United into Europe on his own in previous seasons.
We have to remember that before we write him off or condemn him.
De Gea is hardly the one who deserves the blame
Outfielders have more of a luxury in making mistakes because they have others to bail them out.
When a goalkeeper does it, there's no one behind him to clean up for him.
It's very hard to see him leaving United for a while yet though. With his new contract, he would cost a hell of a lot of money.
He probably just needs changes at the club to feel better in himself. The 10 United outfielders were terrible on Sunday.
All his error really did was change the headline.
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