David De Gea: Top 5 performances from the Manchester United shot-stopper

#2 Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester United, Premier League 2018-19

Stunning, absolutely stunning reflexes from De Gea. He made most of the saves with his feet against Tottenham. This is Harry Kane's left-footed attempt from close up.

This is the most recent and most talked about performance of the Spaniard. So where does this rank among his great, great displays? Here is the answer. The 11 saves that he made is the second-most made by him in a single game and third most in a Premier League game. (behind Tim Krul(14) and Edwin Van Der Sar(12))

Not only did he keep a clean sheet, but he also did so against the dangerous attacking quartet of Tottenham. Alli, Kane, Son, Eriksen, everyone tried. They came, they saw but they couldn't bypass the Spanish wall. De Gea has certainly given everyone a meme material with his saves against Tottenham. Could he save the Titanic? Do you bet? Or does he keep his goalpost closed on Sundays? Well whatever, he was just humongous against Spurs.

11 saves in a single game is not a record to look away from. We know it, once Harry Kane gets the ball into his right foot, it is lights out for the keeper. He shifted the ball towards his right dangerously close to the 6-yard box and fired a shot. De Gea gets down and with his right leg, parries the ball away. Then Dele Alli gets a header directed perfectly in the lower right corner of the goal, a big leap towards his left and De Gea stretches his arm out, Alli denied.

Son was through on a 1v1 against De Gea, couldn't beat him from close range. Kane tried with his head, met the Spaniard. He then tried with his left, a split feet extension of the right foot towards the near post and De Gea denies Kane again. Alderweireld came dangerously close to scoring off a corner but De Gea saved it with his feet on the near post, just outside the goal line. A save with no reaction time at all, pure reflexes.

How often is it that Harry Kane has 7 attempts, 4 on target and yet no goals. How often is it that a keeper saves all 11 on target?

But then why is it in the second place? Here is why...