Perhaps it was a piece of calamitous goalkeeping in an away defeat in Europe that made Erik ten Hag’s mind up. David de Gea came out of his box, failed to control the ball and Youssef En-Nesyri was able to place it into an empty net from long range.
Manchester United required a new goalkeeper. Three months after Sevilla ejected them from the Europa League, on their return to continental competition, United lost again due to a goalkeeping error. Different goalkeeper, different type of mistake, admittedly. But, if Ten Hag’s diagnosis was that United needed a footballing goalkeeper, given De Gea’s struggles with the ball at his feet, the issue this season is that they have not had a goalkeeping goalkeeper: not anyway, yet.
