David de Gea has told Man United teammates how they can help him complete Erik ten Hag challenge

Having been thrashed 7-0 by Liverpool last weekend, the 4-1 victory over Real Betis on Thursday night was the perfect response from Manchester United. Not only did Erik ten Hag's side bounce back from their disappointing defeat with a convincing win, they also took a commanding lead in the Europa League tie ahead of the second leg next week.

It was, in many ways, the perfect evening for United. However, David de Gea, who was making his 526th appearance for the club, once again made headlines for his unconvincing kicking display in the Europa League triumph.

With the score perfectly poised at 1-1 in the latter stages of the first half, the Spanish shot-stopper kicked the ball straight at Betis' Juanmi, who picked out his side's goalscorer Ayoze Perez. Thankfully for United, Bruno Fernandes was able to half-block the shot from the man on loan from Leicester City and the ball bounced across goal and off a post before eventually being cleared.

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After the game, Ten Hag admitted he can't turn a blind eye to De Gea's unconvincing kicking display. He did, however, stress that the Spaniard - who recently set a new club record for clean sheets - is still an important player for his team, before reiterating that he will have to address his kicking issue.

"From today I can’t ignore it, but I think we have seen many games he did really well," said the United boss. "I don’t know what the reason was. There was a lot of wind, a different ball, probably he had some problems with that, but I know we can deal with it and he will do better Sunday [against Southampton].

"We work on that but David is working on that. But I think we have seen in this season that