David De Gea last saved a penalty in 2016 – 40 spot kicks later…

Villarreal’s 11 perfect spot-kicks in the Europa League final shootout extended a miserable run for the Manchester United goalkeeper.

Manchester United’s penalty shootout defeat to Villarreal in the Europa League final means David De Gea has now conceded 40 successive spot-kicks since he last saved one.

Every player from the Spanish side converted from 12 yards after Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw in Gdansk, with De Gea’s miss condemning United to an 11-10 defeat.

That continued his miserable run from penalties since he last saved one – astonishingly more than five years ago, from then-Everton striker Romelu Lukaku in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on April 23, 2016.

David De Gea saves Romelu Lukaku's spot-kick at Wembley — David De Gea saves Romelu Lukaku’s spot-kick at Wembley (John Walton/PA)

Eighteen of those have come in the Premier League, with one each in the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League prior to Wednesday’s epic shootout.

De Gea thought he had ended his troubles back in September when he saved Jordan Ayew’s spot-kick in a game against Crystal Palace, but the United goalkeeper had marginally strayed off his line and Wilfried Zaha scored the retaken effort.

David De Gea after he was beaten by Wilfried Zaha from a retaken penalty (Richard Heathcote/PA)

Norway’s Joshua King then netted from the spot in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Spain, his third successful penalty during De Gea’s terrible run after scoring two for Bournemouth in the Premier League.

Joshua King, left, and Troy Deeney score penalties — Joshua King, left, and Troy Deeney have repeatedly beaten De Gea from the spot (Dave Thompson/Nick Potts/NMC Pool/PA)

To further put De Gea’s woes into context, since that save Lukaku signed for United, spent two full seasons as a team-mate of De Gea and then moved on and won a league title in his second season at Inter Milan.