Thread by @Jhdharrison1

This is my favourite #DeGea #UCL save from yesterday

Because it didn’t require athleticism or reflexes it required calmness & good decision making!

38% of the time a 1v1 in that position results in a goal but after DDGs decision to rush back to his line & wait this falls to 7%!

#DeGea showed you don’t need to start deep to get into such a position, he was over 12yrd out & was ready to sweep if he had to but because he made the decision to drop & react so quickly & confidently he managed to use his wonderful fast footwork to get back in time.

#MUFC #UCL

This save is another example of how the best GKs in the world make difficult moments look easy & make finishes harder for strikers & thus force them into hitting poor inaccurate shots

If you are interested in where my %’s come they are calculated by my 1v1 model see thread below

https://twitter.com/jhdharrison1/status/1273312389233082369

I do love watching GKs perform the athletic diving saves to claw shots out of the bottom corner but for me personally there is something magical about a GK making a difficult situation far easier for themselves due to a piece of top class decision making in a pressured moment!

If people want an example of a GK getting a very similar situation wrong have a look at this thread.

Here a though-ball went to Dallas 1v1 out on the left side in a very similar place to Danjuma (& if anything there was more defensive pressure) but #Ederson rushed & conceded.

https://twitter.com/jhdharrison1/status/1380915432002048003