De Gea Aiming For Clean Sweep

Manchester United keeper David De Gea is determined to complete a clean sweep of domestic honours with the club.

Spain's no.1 has already won the Premier League, FA Cup and Community Shield but has yet to taste glory in the League Cup. Ahead of Thursday's EFL Cup second-leg tie with Hull City, with the Reds taking a two-goal advantage to the KCOM Stadium, De Gea is only thinking of progressing to a final against either Liverpool or Southampton.

"It’s a special game as, if you win, you’re at Wembley and in another final," he told MUTV. "It is one where we want to be there, of course. We played well at Old Trafford and scored two goals and they didn’t score. That was the most important thing, we are two goals in front, but we know we are going to be in a war in Hull. We’ll need to play good football.

"We had difficult games [in earlier rounds] against Manchester City and West Ham – they were not easy matches but we have been really good in the cup and played very well, especially against City. I think we deserve to be in the semi-finals.

"I really want to win that competition. I don’t have a League Cup winner’s medal and I am going to be really happy if we win it. We are always hungry. We are Manchester United. We’re always trying to be in the finals at Wembley because we always want to win."

United extended the unbeaten run to 17 games with a late equaliser at Stoke City on Saturday and De Gea believes confidence is high within the camp in advance of the two cup fixtures this week as Wigan Athletic visit Old Trafford on Sunday.

"It’s a very good run but we need to keep the same level, focus and concentration going into the games," he added. "Everything is easy when you win and when the run is good. You win and you never lose so everything is easy and everyone is happy. We now need to be really focused to keep winning.

"I think we are defending really well but we are keeping the ball for more time and I think this is key. We have more possession of the ball and are creating more chances so that is why we are conceding fewer goals and fewer opportunities. We have great players and have a lot of confidence.

"I feel really well on the pitch. I’m really happy to play for United and Spain and I’m feeling very strong on the pitch. I need to keep this level until the finish of the season."