David De Gea's Terrible Mistake Gifts Sevilla Third Goal in Europa League; Video

David De Gea's Terrible Mistake Gifts Sevilla Third Goal in Europa League; Video

Isaac Darko
updated at April 20, 2023 at 9:50 PM
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  • Manchester United have exited the Europa League at the hands of Sevilla
  • David de Gea was badly at fault for Sevilla's third goal at the Sanchez Pizjuan
  • The Spanish goalkeeper's error allowed Youssef En-Nesyri to score for Sevilla in the 81st minute

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea committed a terrible error to gift Sevilla a third goal in their Europa League.

A long ball was punted upfield, and all that de Gea needed to do was control it and pass it to his teammate or clear the danger.

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David de Gea made an awful blunder to gift Sevilla a third goal against Manchester United in the Europa League. Credit: @espnfc
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Instead, the Spanish custodian managed neither, and his attempt at trying to trap the ball was embarrassing.

In a video posted on Twitter, spotted by Sports Brief, the ball then fell perfectly into the path of striker Youssef En Nesyri, who had an open goal to shoot at, and he did so successfully into an empty net.

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Watch De Gea's howler below...

How Sevilla eliminated United

Manchester United crashed out of the Europa League in shambolic fashion on Thursday with Sevilla beating them 3-0, to reach the semi-finals 5-2 on aggregate, Sports Brief reported.

Harry Maguire endured another as he gave the ball away on the edge of his own area and Youssef En-Nesyri pounced to break the deadlock early on.

Loic Bade headed home the second from a corner in the first minute of the second half, before En-Nesyri rolled home his second goal into an empty net after United goalkeeper David de Gea put the ball on a plate for him with a mishit clearance while outside his area.

Maguire gifts Sevilla goal

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Manchester United captain Harry Maguire made a tragicomedy in defence to gift Sevilla the lead in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.

The England international fumbled away possession and Youssef En-Nesyri capitalised on the giveaway to score a goal that gave his team a 3-2 aggregate advantage in Spain. 

Immediately after the incident, football fans flocked onto social media to express their thoughts on the error and they were brutal in their criticism.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)