Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea equaled Peter Schmeichel’s record of 180 clean sheets when Manchester United clinched the 3-0 win over Leicester City in the English Premier League.<\/p>\n
The Leicester match marked De Gea’s 400th appearance in the English top flight.<\/p>\n
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De Gea has kept 140 of those clean sheets in the Premier League, ranking fifth in the competition’s history and just one behind former England keeper David Seaman in fourth.<\/p>\n
Denmark’s Schmeichel’s 128 rank 11th in a table headed by ex-Chelsea and Arsenal keeper Petr Cech with 202.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard’s efforts against Leicester took him into double figures for a ninth season out of 12 since moving to England.<\/p>\n
He has 154 in domestic competition overall, also including five in the FA Cup and eight in the League Cup plus one in the 2013-14 Community Shield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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