Furious Man Utd striker Owen blasts De Gea critics after Liverpool shocker
Manchester United striker Michael Owen has defended teammate David De Gea.
De Gea was criticised for Liverpool's two goals, failing to claim the ball when Liverpool defender Daniel Agger shot past him and then unable to get a touch on Dirk Kuyt's rising shot for the late winner.
Owen wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday: "One comment on yesterdays game. Don't agree with all this negativity towards De Gea.
"I'm not having either goal was his fault. The problem is, once you get labelled, mud sticks and now any tiny mistake is magnified. Other keepers make similar mistakes and nothing gets said.
"The ball was on the 6 yard box for the first goal. He has to go for it. He also needs to watch the flight of the ball. There is then 6 players in front of him. There is nothing he could do. The free header was the problem, not the keeper.
"He couldn't do much with the second goal either. Is the problem not just a case of us not winning the first ball and not picking up a runner?
"In my opinion two bad goals to give away but to blame everything on the keeper is totally wrong. The lad will be a top keeper, he is only young. Harsh to blame him for everything.
"Must say, as you will be quick to remind me, I've watched a lot of home games this season! The support from behind both goals for him has been brilliant.
"The fans know he needs their support, his confidence needs boosting. I'm sure he will repay that support for years to come.""Admittedly he has made a couple of mistakes this season but listening to some people you would think he had a nightmare yesterday.
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Comments (4)
to hell with all of you guys. de gea is a good goalkeeper. yes he does make mistakes but it is the media and other f***ers out there like you who blow things out off propotion. i actually support owen.
Dear Michael Owen....
Maybe you feel like defend a very, very poor goalkeeper...look at him Michael. Does he look like a keeper at all??? This is just another keeper flop from Mr. Rednose Ferguson. He is just a laugh.
It is even more funny that you defend him..maybe you got nothing else to do...I think you have a lot of spare time...I can not see you play, or score goals anymore. Just face it Michael. You are a clown and so is De Gea....
despite what people said.u are just wasting time at manutd.granted u score important goals in the past,but what good is it if you spend too much time on the sidelines rather than contributing to the present side.SAF is daft to still keep u.de gea screw up at anfield.no other words can describe it.nobody said de gea is poor keeper.he was poor at anfield game.
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