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Man Utd midfielder Mata: De Gea superb for us

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata hailed the performance of David de Gea after victory over Liverpool.

After witnessing his fellow Spaniard's impressive saves to deny Raheem Sterling and Mario Balotelli at Old Trafford, Mata believes there are few players who can top United's no.1 on his current form.

"We scored three goals, but David was very important for us today," he told MUTV. "It's tough to find anyone better than him, he's been in top form since the beginning of the season and has saved a lot of points for us. Today, in a massive game, luckily he did that again.

"Also, when you have strikers like Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie at the other end, they can score at almost every opportunity. Right now, we're being very efficient and putting away our chances, almost everything is going in the net! It's great, and it's a big result for us.

"When you're on the pitch in a game like this, you can feel that millions of people are watching. It's a big match for United fans, and from the first minute we tried to show that. With today's performance, I think we did so very well."

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