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

#1 Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United, Premier League 2017-18

A rebound shot by Alexis Sanchez after the initial save off Lacazette's shot. De Gea was unpassable for the Gunners. De Gea made a Premier League record 14 saves on the night to Emirates' frustration.

When you make 11 saves and it still isn't your best performance, then it is because you hold the Premier League record with 14 saves. Yes, 14 saves. Along with Tim Krul, David De Gea holds the record for most saves in a single game in the Premier League. Last season, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal came up against a brick wall that no player would want to face. Close range, long range, fast, finesse, rebound, nothing could beat De Gea. Every one of the saves fired him up even more.

The defense was in complete shambles, to say the least. Against Tottenham, a number of shots were blocked by the defenders and players were put under a bit of pressure. That is as much a defender could do to help his keeper. De Gea had absolutely no help from his defense, and this is not an exaggeration. They just stood ball watching while Lacazette kept teeing off at goal. If not for De Gea, it would have been 6-3, Arsenal win.

United got off to a great start, two goals inside the first 12 minutes. Then they just sat back as Arsenal kept coming and firing away at De Gea. Each player who took aim was under no real pressure. They had space and time. Lacazette tried first to turn the ball in but De Gea somehow closed his legs in time to prevent the goal. Lacazette was hardly three yards from goal. And then the Frenchman came again through the wing. He went inside the box and dribbled De Gea. The Spaniard went down in desperation and saved the attempt at full stretch. Then Ozil, Bellerin and Kolasinac, all followed up with their attempts, not at all easy ones to deal with, especially with space and time they were awarded.

And then came an absolute blunder from the defense. They were not helping in any case and now they almost got an own goal for Arsenal. Lukaku stretched his left leg and instead of clearing the ball, he turned it goalwards. The ball was barely kept out, cleared off the line by De Gea's reflex left hand. In the second-half, Lacazette got a goal. Then he went for goal again, a drive with his left foot low to the right-hand side of the post. De Gea saved at full-stretch. Then Alexis Sanchez followed it up before any of the defenders even moved their muscle to clear the danger. Sanchez fired the ball goalwards and De Gea scrambled back to save the shot with his right heel.

De Gea kept the Red Devils in the game throughout and won the MOTM award. His performance was not one of the best but the undisputed best in Premier League ever.