22 August,2011 09:29 AM IST | | Goal.com
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale warned Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea that he should expect a tough physical battle when the two sides meet at Old Trafford tonight.
David de Gea
The Spaniard has had a difficult start to life in the Premier Leagueu00a0-- with several blunders alreadyu00a0-- and Bale has vowed to test the new United signing as much as possible tonight.
Gareth Bale
"It's obviously going to be nerve-racking for him (de Gea) to go to United and be in the first team, but he showed at Atletico Madrid and with Spain that he's a world-class keeper," Bale said according to The Daily Mirror.
"If any keeper's having a bad time, you're going to test them and it's going to be no different. "We're going to go to Old Trafford and give our all and test their whole team."
However, United manager Alex Ferguson has spoken of his confidence in his new goalkeeper.u00a0 Alex said: "David will be fine. He just didn't get the protection from the challenges.
"He had an elbow in the face, the boy went under him - it was bad. But he's at home on Monday, so we won't have a problem. "It's just away from home he might be subjected to things like that."
