England great Peter Shilton has defended David de Gea after Manchester United's Europa League final defeat.

De Gea failed to save any of Villarreal's penalties in the shootout before having his decisive spotkick saved.

Shilton told the ipaper: "With penalty shootouts you need a bit of luck.

“Some goalkeepers are better than others or luckier. I think it's a bit disrespectful to say to a goalkeeper 'look you've played the whole 90 minutes or whatever but you're not good enough to save a penalty'.

“Jordan Pickford faced four at the last World Cup and didn't save any and then the fifth one the fella [Carlos Bacca] gave him a chance and he saved one. At Euro '96, David Seaman saved one against Spain and then didn't save any out of six against Germany. That's how penalty shootouts are."