‘Worldie’: David Seaman says Manchester United player did something amazing against Brighton

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David Seaman basked in the glory of David de Gea’s denial of Jakub Moder during Manchester United’s victory over Brighton and Hove Albion on Tuesday.

Speaking on his podcast, the former Arsenal goalkeeper awarded his save of the week to United’s supreme shot-stopper.

De Gea was in fine form between the sticks once more to deny Brighton any share of the Premier League points.

Not for the first time this season, Ralf Rangnick’s side owed their success to the Spain international. The Seagulls almost took the lead at Old Trafford, had it not been for the terrific reactions of United’s number one.  

Moder thought he’d scored his first top-flight English goal with a “truly brilliant header”, only to be denied by the flying form of De Gea.

Seaman said: “De Gea’s save was great because it was full length, full stretch, and it was one of those where you can’t get a hand on it to actually push it because it was too far away. He actually managed to flick it.

“De Gea, take your hat off, mate, because that was a worldie. That’s going to take some beating for save of the season. It was that good.”

David de Gea does it again

That excellency between the sticks allowed Rangnick’s men to build a platform to overcome Brighton. Goals in the second half by Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes ensured United moved back into the top four.

Lewis Dunk’s red card after 54 minutes certainly helped proceedings for the home side, who also needed an intervention by the crossbar to keep out Moder for a second time.

Graham Potter’s men arguably outperformed their hosts yet, as is typical of their campaign, they struggled to find the killer edge.

Despite failing to score in the previous six games, his longest drought since 2008/09, Ronaldo showed exactly what Potter has been missing with an unerring finish past Robert Sanchez.

Some of his skills may be losing their shine but there’s no doubting the 37-year-old’s predatory instincts. Much like De Gea, form is temporary but class is permanent.