De Gea trains like an animal - Thiago defends under-fire Spa from seestyle's blog

Thiago Alcantara has rebuffed the criticism aimed at David de Gea during the World Cup group stage.

De Gea spilled Cristiano Ronaldo's shot in Spain's dramatic 3-3 draw with Portugal to Neil Walker Jersey open Group B, and though he kept a clean sheet in the 1-0 victory over Iran, he conceded two of Morocco's three shots Asdrubal Cabrera Jersey on target in a 2-2 draw on Monday.

Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago, who started just one of Spain's three group games, suggested the Manchester United shot-stopper's hard work in training would go some way to silencing his critics.

"If you have seen the matches of David de Gea at Manchester United you can see that he is Jeurys Familia Jersey a porterazo magnificent goalkeeper ," he told reporters.

"To criticise, you have to see everything, including how he works in training like an animal."

Thiago feels improvements were required all over the pitch ahead of Spain's clash with Ru sia in the round of 16, which takes Matt Harvey Jersey place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.

He called for the Spanish media in Ru sia to get behind the team as they prepared for a partisan crowd in the capital.

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"We are not going to play against eleven Ru sians, but Mike Piazza Jersey against thousands of them," said Thiago. "We are all far from home and in theory supporting Spain.

"I agree that we have made mistakes in defence. I know we're not playing our best, but Keith Hernandez Jersey let's win - we're all together.

"What needs to be improved? Everything. But that starts with trust. You have to have your own trust and trust in your team-mates."