De Gea’s performance against Spurs was full of fine saves, many of which were with his feet

David De Gea produced 95 minutes of goalkeeping perfection on Sunday at Wembley, staying calm and composed despite the onslaught from Tottenham Hotspur in the second half. It was a faultless performance that has gone some way to restoring the Manchester United goalkeeper’s stellar reputation after critics had questioned his displays over the past year.

In isolation some of his 11 saves could be described as routine, and ones that you would expect a Premier League goalkeeper to make, but that overlooks the manner in which he kept his concentration for so long and was in the perfect position each time to stop Harry Kane et al. Technically, he was flawless.

The more that Spurs put pressure on De Gea and the United defence, the