David de Gea showed why Manchester United fans are divided about his future in 10 seconds

In the 66th minute of Manchester United's game against Brentford, David de Gea indicated he was taking a long goal-kick.

The defensive line pushed up the pitch and De Gea lumped the ball down the field, only to find Ethan Pinnock, who headed the ball down to Ivan Toney, which suddenly created a goalscoring opportunity for Brentford's Kevin Schade.

Unsurprisingly, Pinnock beat Jadon Sancho to the first header, Toney expertly flicked the ball around Lisandro Martinez and Schade found himself one-on-one with De Gea. That whole passage of play took place in just 10 seconds.

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Schade attempted to finish the move by chipping the ball over De Gea, but the goalkeeper stood his ground. Schade has yet to score a goal in the Premier League and the majority of the strikers in the division wouldn't have wasted that chance.

Although there were just 10 seconds between De Gea taking the goal-kick and making the save, that small passage of play summarised his professional career: he is poor with with the ball at his feet but an excellent shot-stopper.

Erik ten Hag, speaking at his post-match press conference, praised De Gea for his intervention to deny Schade, but he created the problem himself. The passage of play was like a firefighter extinguishing a flame that he'd just set alight.

De Gea looks uncomfortable whenever given the ball on the ground and he was also close to another blunder against Brentford, when attempting to clear the ball in the first half, only for Toney to charge his effort down and block it.

The ball flashed past the post and De Gea was visibly relieved, as in another game, it might have hit the back of the net. There were audible gasps in the crowd