Revealed : Ralf Ragnick man of the match as he labels him ‘’ the rock ‘’ as he makes a promise never to bench him .

 Manchester United manager Ralf 

Rangnick was pleased with the performance

 of goalkeeper David de Gea during 

the 1-1 Premier League draw at 

Newcastle United last night.

The Red Devils returned to competitive

 action after a 16-day gap. They were 

widely touted to pick up maximum points

 against the Magpies, who had lost the 

last three games, conceding 11 goals.

However, that was not the case. 

The Magpies made a quick start off the

 blocks at St James’ Park. Allan Saint-

Maximin opened the scoring with a superb

 curling effort that left De Gea rooted 

to his spot.

Shortly after the break, Saint-Maximin 

should have doubled the lead, but 

De Gea came to United’s rescue (for

 the umpteenth time this 

season) with a superb reflex save 

from close range.

Edison eventually levelled the scores

 in the 71st minute. The Uruguayan’s 

initial effort was blocked by defense

, but he luckily got a rebound to tap 

home into the far post.

Either side of the equaliser, Cavani had

 more chances to score, but failed to 

capitalise. United were eventually fortuitous

 to share the spoils as the Magpies 

were denied a late winner.

Jacob Murphy’s effort rattled the right 

post. From the rebound, Miguel 

 produced a stunning curler towards the 

top left corner, but De Gea denied him 

the winner at full stretch.

Following the game, Rangnick said that

 it was a ‘good thing’ that United came 

back with a point, and described Gea

 as ‘one of the best’ goalkeepers in the

 world after another stand-out display.

He told Saviblog: “I think we were better in 

some games so far in the past, but it’s 

also about getting results and again 

the good thing today was we came back

 and we got the equaliser.”

“In the end it could have been 2-2 

– again there were two or three fantastic

 saves from David De Gea, similar 

to the game at Norwich, but we also 

had our chances to score a second goal.

“For sure, David is one of the best 

goalkeepers in the world – he showed 

that at Norwich and in the game today.”

De Gea has been in excellent form 

for the Red Devils, and he has single-

handedly won several points for the 

club during the first half of the campaign.

He was hugely influential in the 1-0 

win at Norwich City earlier this month, 

and had another excellent showing 

yesterday with seven saves to earn 

a valuable point.

The £16.2m-rated star has not been 

offered much protection from his backline

 this term. The situation has not improved

 under Rangnick with poor positioning.

Rangnick has the credentials and 

experience to improve the defensive 

performances, but with the games coming

 thick and fast, the players need to 

take more responsibility.