There is dissimilar to be a discussion over the save of the season in the Premier League. Aston Villa Football club goalkeeper Emi Martinez surely has that wrapped up after producing an astonishing save during his team’s 2-1 loss at Nottingham Forest on Sunday morning(AEDT).
The Argentina international was standing unusual his line as a header by Forest’s Nicolas Dominguez went past him from a corner. Martine pushed his left hand out behind him and somehow be in charge of to drop the ball down onto the ground and dipper it away from off the line in the same motion.
The Premier League reported the save as “World class.” According to BBC it might be “one of the all-time great premier League saves.”
Former England and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp, who was working the game for British broadcaster Sky Sports told “I can not think of a better Premier League save,”
“It’s almost like a magician with his sleight of hand.”
After only three minutes, Martinez was celebrating a goal by his colleague Jhon Duran that put Villa ahead at the city Ground. But Forest scored two goals from the 87th to capture the win.
Martinez for the past two years voted as the best goalkeeper in the world at the Ballon d’Or awards.
In the last seconds of extra time in the 2022 World Cup final he famously pulled off a stunning stop to deny France striker Randal Kolo Muani. That kept colleague teammate Lionel Messi’s dream alive of finally winning football’s biggest prize.
