De Gea's Double Save Voted Best Of 2017

David De Gea's incredible double save against Arsenal in December has been voted Manchester United's Save of the Year for 2017 by the club's fans on social media.

The no.1 has been in outstanding form between the sticks once again this year, with his performance in United's impressive 3-1 win over the Gunners particularly outstanding.

There have been a number of world-class saves from the Spaniard which have caught the eye – including stunning reflexes to deny Stoke City's Jese Rodriguez in September and his instinctive stop to keep out Joel Matip's point-blank effort with an outstretched left boot against Liverpool in October.

But, in a poll conducted on our official Twitter account @ManUtd, De Gea's remarkable reactions to thwart Arsenal attacking duo Alexandre Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez in quick succession was the overwhelming winner with 71 per cent of the final vote.

With the Reds leading 2-1 at the time, the goalkeeper quickly got down low to his right to push out Lacazette's fierce half-volley from 12 yards before somehow getting back up to put his body in the way of Sanchez, keeping out the Chilean's follow-up effort from close range with his feet.

They were just two of an astonishing 14 saves he had to make in the game – the joint highest total in a Premier League match since Opta started recording that data in 2003/04 – as he played a starring role in earning United's first Premier League victory at the Emirates Stadium since 2014.

His significant contribution led to Jose Mourinho describing De Gea as the world's best keeper, while he also earned praise from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and rightly won the club's Man of the Match award – which was also voted for by supporters on Twitter.

Speaking to MUTV after the game, De Gea admitted that he felt unbeatable and pinpointed the double save as being the favourite of his string of fine stops.

Sergio Romero's excellent low save to tip Manolo Gabbiadini's penalty around the post in United's goalless draw against Southampton at St Mary's in May was also shortlisted for our best Save of the Year.

But De Gea's heroics against Arsenal proved to be the most popular among supporters and a worthy winner of the award. Congratulations David and thanks to everyone who voted.

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