Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed David de Gea said he was 'distracted' when Everton had a late goal disallowed in Sunday's 1-1 draw.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin thought he had scored a late winner for Everton at Goodison Park, but Gylfi Sigurdsson was deemed to be offside and interfering with play - even though he was on the ground at the time.
United keeper De Gea had made a dreadful error just three minutes into the game, as his attempted clearance struck Calvert-Lewin and bounced into the net to give Everton the lead.
De Gea has now made seven mistakes leading to goals this season - the joint-highest in the Premier League.
And the Spain keeper is coming under increasing pressure given the impressive form of Dean Henderson, who is on loan from Old Trafford at Sheffield United.
So he will have been glad to see Calvert-Lewin's late effort chalked off following a VAR review, after Fernandes had equalised to rescue a point for United.
After the game, United boss Solskjaer said De Gea had insisted he was distracted when the disallowed goal went in.
"De Gea got distracted by the ball in front of him, but I don’t know what the rules are saying," the 47-year-old told Sky Sports.
"David says he was distracted, even though he might not have saved it anyway."
The decision to disallow the effort infuriated Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti, who was then given a red card after the final whistle.
But United defender and captain Harry Maguire reckons the officials were right to scrap the goal.
"I understand the reaction, the crowd is emotional but the linesman should put his flag up," Maguire said.
"We will take the point - we came for three but we dug in.
"We showed a great reaction and dominated the game from when they scored and deserved to come in level at half time.
"We dug in deep and if you can't win three you take one point."
United are still fifth in the Premier League following the draw - which will be enough to earn a Champions League place for next season as long as Manchester City's ban for alleged financial fair play breaches is upheld.
