Statistic that condemns David de Gea FIFA World Cup 2018 - Spain Since 1966 no 'keeper has made fewer saves

It would be wrong to blame David De Gea for Spain's elimination from the World Cup but what is true is that the goalkeeper has not produced the best four games of his life and statistics back this up.

The Manchester United shot-stopper has not been at the level that has seen him become the number one choice for Spain having not conceded in just one game at the World Cup with just one save from the seven shots on goal. It means that he is the goalkeeper that has made fewest saves from at least three games since 1966.

Against Portugal he made his biggest mistake when he was unable to stop a shot by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid forward had three shots and scored with them all and then against Iran he was largely anonymous as the opponents didn's have a shot on target except for the goal that was later ruled out by VAR.

De Gea made his first stop against Morocco in the final group stage game, the opponents shot three times and scored two goals. He did make a block when one-on-one wit Boutaib.

Against Russia the goal that he conceded came from the penalty spot and in the shoot-out he was close to saving two of the three strikes but failed.