EURO 2016: Fabregas misses penalty after laser was shone in his eyes

The win against the already eliminated Luxembourg secured Slovakia second place in Group C and an automatic spot at Euro 2016 in France.

Most of those players would make it into any national team but four are likely to miss out as Spain chase an unprecedented third consecutive continental title.

De Gea recently signed a new contract with United until 2019, with a few claiming his new deal contains a clause that would allow him to leave if Real Madrid meets a set fee. But De Gea underlined his credentials as arguably the best keeper on the planet in current form. “I’m satisfied with the work done and I’m eager for more matches”, he said, AS reports.

Ukraine had plenty of opportunities to take advantage of an inexperienced Spanish defence including two debutants, but a combination of a few poor finishing and De Gea kept the hosts at bay.

Having first saved from Kravetz, De Gea then produced a magnificent reflex stop to deny Rotan with his right foot, before Mario headed Spain into the lead. We knew we were coming to a very hard stadium to face a tough team who needed to win, so it was a very good victory for us.

“I always give my all and against Ukraine luck was on my side too”. The Spaniard in his post match conference said that “coach will pick the best [keeper] and if it is David, I will pick David.” .

“What I want is to maintain the line I had last season when I think I was at a great level. Things worked out well and the important thing was to win the game”, added De Gea after the full-time whistle. “It’s hard to stay consistent, but I want to continue growing and improving”.

Spain were nearly pegged back when Denys Garmash headed over amid pinball in the Spain box, with De Gea clearing a unsafe whipped free-kick from the left on the stroke of half-time.