by Tim Ellis @https://twitter.com/@Timotei365 Published 6 min ago We are part of The Trust Project What is it? 11. Pepe Reina, Liverpool 3-3 West Ham (FA Cup Final, 2006) The Spaniard himself classed it as his best ever save, particularly given the context of the match Reina was Rafa Benitez’s choice to replace the hero of Istanbul, Jerzy Dudek, ahead of the 2005/06 campaign. The former Villarreal keeper was hailed as “the best goalkeeper in Spain” by Benitez but had already made an error in the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea; he then followed that up with two more on the big day at Wembley, spilling a Yossi Benayoun shot to let Dean Ashton roll the ball home and then misjudging a...
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