Manchester United need to make a ruthless decision with David de Gea

David de Gea was the first Manchester United player to emerge from the dressing room after the Brentford debacle. De Gea requested to speak to the media to accept responsibility for his mistakes after one of the worst results in the club's modern history.

It was brave of De Gea to speak first and he told Sky Sports that he cost United the three points. "After the first mistake and the second, it was very tough for the team to get playing. It was a horrible day," he said. Brentford's first goal should have been a routine save for De Gea but the ball trickled through his hands. De Gea also gifted the second goal with a hospital pass for Christian Eriksen.

De Gea has never been overly comfortable with the ball at his feet and that was highlighted again that afternoon. Brentford's first two goals were indeed De Gea's fault, but the Spaniard did not need to take full responsibility for the defeat. United spectacularly capitulated across the pitch and he was not responsible for that. It was unfair for him to shoulder the burden of that embarrassment.

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United have taken 12 points from Liverpool, Southampton, Leicester and Arsenal in the Premier League since Brentford, conceding just two goals throughout that undefeated period, which would have been more without De Gea's shot-stopping interventions.

De Gea has bounced back from two poor individual performances against Brighton and Brentford, but the limitations in his game have not suddenly gone away. His distribution remains a problem and supporters are starting to grow impatient with that obvious weakness.

There have been games this season, like when United defeated Southampton 1-0 at St. Mary's Stadium,