David de Gea's nine-word post goes viral minutes after Man Utd lose to Hull

Former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea posted a nine-word message to social media minutes after his old club lost 2-0 to Hull City.

United tasted defeat in their opening game of the new Premier League season at the MKM Stadium.

Newly-promoted Hull opened the scoring on 17 minutes through defender Semi Ajayi, who pounced on the rebound to fire the ball into the net after Oli McBurnie had struck the post from a corner.

It was 2-0 on 38 minutes when new signing Nobel Mendy was first to connect with another set piece.

United's defensive frailties were there for all to see and they didn't pose a significant threat in attack either, with just five shots on target across the 90 minutes.

There was positive news on Saturday morning after it was announced that United had reached an agreement to sign Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba but, on the evidence of the display at Hull, more transfer business is needed before the end of the window.

United fans made their feelings clear at full-time by leaving the stadium en masse before the players could make it over to the away end to applaud them.

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While it was a nightmare start to the season, United head coach Michael Carrick suggested it was just that, telling TNT Sports: "We'll keep improving through the week, we'll keep getting stronger as a group. That will come. Today, we can't ignore it and we've got a lot to learn from it, but we will do."

David de Gea sends message to Manchester United

Another former United player keeping calm about the situation is none other than De Gea, who has sporadically posted about his former club since leaving on a free transfer three years ago.

Minutes before the full-time whistle at the MKM Stadium, the Spaniard took to Twitter to write a short message which was seemingly directed at United.

"It's not how it starts, it's how it ends," De Gea wrote.

The post had racked up 94,000 likes in the first two hours since it was posted, with United fans flocking to the comments section to have their say.

De Gea, now 35, is contracted to Serie A club Fiorentina, where he has spent the last two seasons after taking a year out of the game following his United exit.

He is under contract until 2028 and is currently preparing for his side's first league match of the season. Fiorentina travel to Roma for their opening Serie A fixture on Monday evening to conclude the first round of matches.