Really good. Wasn't worked much, due to pretty average opposition but that's not his fault. Dealt with everything confidently.
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- Appearances
- 26
- Clean sheets
- 12
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 3
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He will take that spot for De Gea, sooner rather than later
Solid as a rock. Shame he wasn't tested a bit more today... 
Glad he’s getting praise now he’s performed against a top side. Well in lad should already have England #1 spot nailed down.
Has to be the guy long term for us. Just so assured and looks confident in everything he does.
The same game for De Gea wouldn't have been so easy cause there was about 5 balls into the box that Deano claimed when De Gea would have been rooted to his spot waiting for a potential shot.
Henderson cuts off the danger.
He's showing me something and I like it.
Second goal game from him being aggressive in his starting position to claim the cross followed by a sublime throw which Shaw didn't even need to break stride for.
Hopefully this is the start of him consolidating himself as number 1.
Hopefully this is the start of him consolidating himself as number 1.
Very good performance apart from one poor pass straight to a City player. Made comfortable saves, caught crosses, acted as a sweeper keeper and one super long throw that started the move that led to Shaw's goal.
Doing well. It’ll be a shame for him when De Gea comes back in.
We have two good keepers. I would like Henderson to play, because of his age - he can play for us 10 or 12 years. De Gea might have 3-5 years back, and has not been as stabil as he used to be.
Good game for him. Still waiting for his reflexes to be put to test though. For some reason, the opposition lose their ability to take good shots whenever he is in goal. Just can't shake the feeling that he is a bit slow across the goalline.
Seconded. Top performance against the most difficult opponent.
Did well, wasn't tested much. Good game.
Part of the reason why it was easy was because he came out and caught the ball to cut the danger off.
De Gea would have left it for his defender to get try and get the ball.
Schmeichel threw 3-4 of those passes per game when he played for us. That's a nice throwback.
I’m not making comparisons but scoring directly from a keepers throw is reminiscent of 90’s United
Scored a few now from his quick distribution
Second time in a few weeks Henderson throw has started a goal for us
Exactly. We also played a higher line and City reverted to crosses and set pieces, which Henderson dominated almost perfectly. Brilliant game, in my opinion.
The main reason Henderson had an easy game was because City struggled to hit the target. They had 21 shots to our 8 but only 5 on target to our 6. Very little of that was down to crosses in the box.
Henderson did well and is obviously better aerially than De Gea. But if one easy-enough clean sheet against a top side was enough to prove he should be #1 then De Gea has done the same thing himself on a number of occasions this season. The team as a whole is good at grinding out clean sheets against top sides, regardless of who is in goal, so I don't see it as proof in and of itself that Henderson is the real deal.
Which is why (as I think most of the caf has been saying) Henderson always needed a run of games in the side to prove himself.
In fact ideally what I'd like is for him to play enough to actually make a few mistakes to see how he copes with that pressure too but that might be asking a bit much.
Had far more confidence with him between the posts than DDG, would like him to get a proper run in the team.
Fantastic. Love his personality and temperament. Feels like he's keepin a clean sheet every game he plays now. Is that 9 in 15?
Was definitely an upgrade on DDG when it came to handling crosses but his kicking and shot stopping was a bit disappointing. Can only get better though and I would not mind giving him a run of games to see how he develops.
He did make two poor passes straight to City (the second in particular put us in a dangerous position) and I didn't like how he parried the ball straight back out into the middle right at the end there. Otherwise he was solid, came for a couple of balls that De Gea wouldn't have, and that throw to Shaw bought back memories of The Great Dane.
Hopefully he builds on the good and cleans up those couple of iffy moments as he gets more game-time.
Hopefully he builds on the good and cleans up those couple of iffy moments as he gets more game-time.
Had one dodgy save and his kicking is better than De Gea
This. There was also a bit at 35/36 minutes in where someone played an incredible thru ball into the middle of the box. He came out and grabbed from in front of the City player. De Gea most likely would've shuffled backwards to his line and prepared to make a save.
Very assured
I thought that, with DDG it would have been a big chance conceded but Henderson had a confident starting position and collected easily.
Exactly, clear as day what he brings
It depends. His style of keeping (which isn't really him playing well) allowed for the high line during the first part of the first half - you can't really do that with DDG. Also, lots of the times he came out to claim looked really simple but DDG doesn't really do it so whilst it's pretty routine for Henderson and he didn't pull off a string of world class saves, I almost think he should get more credit for just doing all the basics right and having a 'quiet' game. The spot should be his to lose now.
De Gea has only been giving 80% effort for a few seasons now. Would be madness not to make Henderson no. 1 from now.
The throw that started the move for the second goal was superb, so smart, utterly fecked Pep’s tactic to prevent a side from playing out.
Nothing to worry there. It was Sterling at the end of the run. He wouldn't have scored even if De Gea was busy having doughnuts on the side.
He came out and claimed crosses and played a big part in us scoring the second goal with his long throw out to Luke Shaw. He extinguished the threat before it became a threat due to how proactive he was in comparison to the reactive nature of De Gea.
He should be #1 until proven otherwise IMO.
He should be #1 until proven otherwise IMO.
He has an ability to make his teammates look good by playing to their strengths. The variety in his game works for us.
They struggled to hit the target because they realised they wouldn't get anything by crossing it into the box after Dean cut them off a few times and it resulted in them having to take shots from outside the penalty box.
I agree. That was unbelievable vision by him. Surely a K-Pass +100
He catches balls. It feels good when he catches them.
Today is the first real time I've looked at him in a United shirt and thought that he looked the part. Seen moments here and there, but he looked like a top keeper in command today. His throw-out to Shaw for his goal.
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