If yes please let us know which match.
Have De Gea assist for United before ?
- Thread starter Swordsman
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He should've had an assist for that beautiful Cavani goal where he lobbed the keeper. Bruno tried to flick it, but he didn't get a touch.
Cavani scored against Fulham, and DDG got the assist initially. But they took it off him and gave it to Bruno in the end.
That would have been his 1st EPL assist.
That would have been his 1st EPL assist.
Bit harsh SW. 
Did he once launch it up to Lukaku for a goal? I can’t find it and can’t be arsed looking very hard
We actually try to play football unlike Alisson and Ederson's hoof ball tactics.
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How on earth does that go down as a De Gea assist when the defenders headed it on?
Watching it on 0.25 it looks like the defender misses it.
He was briefly credited with the asssist for Cavani’s wonder goal.
EDIT: I should really read the thread before posting
EDIT: I should really read the thread before posting
He heads it on - 4.07 can see it clearly. Some nice goals in that game, RVP scored a cracking volley. Also forgot that Hyypia was managing Leverkusen back then.
Almost certain they gave that to Bruno because Cavani was miles off side from the DDG pass. So they had to say Bruno touched it for it to be a goal.
Interestingly... how many assists would you guess Manuel Neuer has?
one apparently
Why does it matter? Just because Allison and Ederson got a couple? He’s a goalie for heaven’s sake.
I’m convinced DDG got an assist for Rooney in another European match. It was a cracking goal too. Might have been VDS tho?
Yes, but then it's clearly not a goal because he's offside.
They couldn't give DDG the assist after giving the goal because that would mean admitting the referee, linesman and VAR were totally wrong and only gave the goal because of how good a finish it was. They just didn't want to look like pricks for cancelling out a potential goal of the season contender.
Unfortunately not. It would have been ruled out if they deemed that Bruno didn’t touch it (which he didn’t, they just didn’t want to rule that kind of goal out at OT. Who can blame them?)
He’s never had an assist in the premier league. Not sure about other comps.
Oh yeah you're not wrong... but while he'll officially never get it, I think we can all accept that it's De Gea's assist and give it to him.
It's no different to a pre-VAR offside assist!
Think he’s assisted the oppo’s a few times ….if that counts
More worrying than his lack of assists is his terrible record against penalty kicks. Any time the opposition gets a penalty it’s as good as a goal. The peak of this inability was him conceding all 11 penalties in the Europa league final shootout!
To be fair, i watched him stop some penalties, but the ref made the penalty shoot again (and in the second time the opo scored).
In his career he’s faced 71 penalties and saved 13. 16% isn’t the worst.
But in recent times he’s been terrible at them. His save against noble last season was the first penalty he’s saved in the league in 8 years. He’s saved 2 out of last 25 penalties in the league.
In comparison, Alisson has only conceded 10 out of 18 penalties faced in league games for Liverpool and Roma.
Did you step on a piece of lego before you clicked on this thread? Perhaps the OP simply wants to know if he's got an assist and if so when it was and that's it.
Orrrr, perhaps its because liverpool and city currently have keepers that have had one or two, especially Allison. But no you’re right that’s definitely not it.
Yes he has. Are you happy now? Anything else to bash him with?
Hard for DDG to get an assist when most teams in the league sit deep against us.
That was so odd, we were a bit shit that season, still somehow absolutely roasted Leverkusen both games. Think we scored 8-9 goals in total and both RvP and Rooney missed sitters.
This i think more of the keeper coaching issue. I have known cases ( International) where the keeper is instructed not to commit to any side before it's taken. If it's put in the corner, hold your hands up for a good penalty. Otherwise it's going to be reachable if keeper don't dive. Especially at the shoot out at the end.
Has De Gea ever scored a goal? Cos Allison has.
My point is that we don't know. Becoming grumpy because you assume it's not a question that can be asked in good faith seems like a bit of a waste, don't you think?
Aye Aye.
Stopping goals, *that’s his job.
Not setting them up.
*say in a Roy Keane accent
Neither are things to really bash a keeper for.
You know how many penalties Peter Schmeichel saved for Utd?
I’m not too concerned about his lack of assists.
A big factor in a GK getting an assist is who is on the end of it. I’m sure De Gea might have some assists if he was able to pump it long to Salah or Haaland when they are last man.
De Gea has not had that kind of calibre to play long balls to. You only have to look at the Spurs game. De Gea pumped the ball long with a kick from the ground setting Rashford through on goal. Rashford messed it up and got it stuck under his feet. Should have been a chance on goal.
A big factor in a GK getting an assist is who is on the end of it. I’m sure De Gea might have some assists if he was able to pump it long to Salah or Haaland when they are last man.
De Gea has not had that kind of calibre to play long balls to. You only have to look at the Spurs game. De Gea pumped the ball long with a kick from the ground setting Rashford through on goal. Rashford messed it up and got it stuck under his feet. Should have been a chance on goal.
I certainly remember him stepping up with his penalty save against Arsenal in the FA cup semi final replay to help us to a historic treble which has never been achieved again.
And to be fair, he hasn’t been doing badly in that aspect since the start of last season. It’s the other areas like distribution and proactiveness that he needs to work on, and even in those, he seems to be getting better under Ten Hag.