Goalkeeper David de Gea has sent a powerful message to Manchester United’s supporters following Sunday’s 4-1 defeat to Manchester City, becoming the first United player to break his silence on social media since the game in the process.
David de Gea said: “We will, one day, get this club back to where it deserves to be. Today was another bad moment in a difficult season but when we still have this shirt to defend we will not give up.”
De Gea, although the scoreline showed that he conceded four times, was one of United’s better players. He made an excellent stop to deny Phil Foden in the build-up to City’s second goal and he received no help from his defenders for the third. On his side’s display, United interim manager Ralf Rangnick, who has the challenge of picking his players up ahead of next Saturday’s tussle with Tottenham Hotspur,
Ralf Rangnick said: “[It is] frustrating for the players, for us because [after the third goal] we realised that it would probably be difficult to get back into that game. [It is disappointing] for everybody, not only for our supporters, for the players, for the whole staff, obviously you want to win a derby but we just have to admit that in the second half, especially after the third one, they showed what kind of top quality team they have.”
