Ben Foster has slammed the form this season of former Manchester United teammate David de Gea.

The Spain international gifted Brentford their first goal in United's 4-0 drubbing last weekend as he let a tame shot from Josh Dasilva slip under his grasp and into the net.

De Gea went on to concede three more goals during the game at the Community Stadium.

Speaking to TalkSPORT about De Gea's performance, Foster said: "I can excuse the first goal, I really can. That's just a mistake and everyone makes mistakes. It's poor technique from him.

"But, it's one of those shots where it's in between a dive and a scoop and he has executed any of them. It's managed to go through his hands.

"That's the sort of thing you would do in training and you would pick up. You would save it 100 times out of 100. But when it's in a game and the pressure is on, that's when you have a bit of self doubt. That's all it takes sometimes.

"The worrying thing for me though was after that, De Gea was still trying to play the ball out from the back.

"I think the problem with De Gea, and he's a world class goalie and he is one of my favourite goalkeepers in the Premier league era, but he's not suited to playing it out from the back. He's not suited to the type of football Ten Hag wants to play.

"If Ten Hag wants to play this style of football they are going to get caught out like they did against Brentford."