Sorensen - The Stoke keeper has a great record iirc.
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Best Keeper at Saving Penalties?
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Woody wrote:Lee Camp
Saved 2 this season
2 last season
2 the season before, including one in the last minute against Derby
Of course you would say Lee Camp
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Ben Foster?
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No, he only ever saved one from van Nistelrooy. van Nistelrooy took two other penalties against him, he hit the bar with one and scored the other.Jordi wrote:Didn't Lehmann always manage to save RVN's penalties?kyro7 wrote:I was thinking of saying him, then I thought it might just be in my mind..ResurrectionRooney wrote:Almunia has a superb record on penalties doesn't he? After the West Brom game I heard he'd saved 5 of the last 6 he'd faced at the Emirates.
Lehman was pretty good and he's back in the league.
Liverpool wrote:Ben Foster?
Foster is fucking shite on penalties. He saved one in the Carling Cup Final and conceded at least the next 9 that were on target.
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Reina v Chelsea 
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Rei wrote:Samir Handanovic has saved 7/9 this season.
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Handanovic 
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Reina saving penalties is a myth. 
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Normally I would say Reina, but he's on a massive streak of conceding penalties 
I have no idea tbh.
I have no idea tbh.
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Almunia in the PL, no Joke.
Overall, Ricardo I'd say.
Overall, Ricardo I'd say.
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This is a discussion where stats could provide a clear answer.
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Rei wrote:This is a discussion where stats could provide a clear answer.
To be fair, it also depends on the taker. If a keeper has to save 5 penalties against van persie, kuyt, lampard, gerrard and tevez, and saves none because they're all top corner, and another one has to save 5 penalties against Poulson, Terry, Torres, Konchesky and Bebe and saves them all because they're in the middle and weak, does that make him the better pen saver?
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Lev Yashin apparently saved over 150 penalties in his career But nowadays, it looks like Handanovic has the best record.
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arsenalap11 wrote:Rei wrote:This is a discussion where stats could provide a clear answer.
To be fair, it also depends on the taker. If a keeper has to save 5 penalties against van persie, kuyt, lampard, gerrard and tevez, and saves none because they're all top corner, and another one has to save 5 penalties against Poulson, Terry, Torres, Konchesky and Bebe and saves them all because they're in the middle and weak, does that make him the better pen saver?
I see what you're saying, but I don't think it would skew the stats much. For one, penalties are a simple affair, and teams use their best penalty taker 99% of the time. I doubt SAF would go to Bebe or Daglish would go to Poulsen to take a penalty. So we can assume most of the time the goalkeeper is facing the best penalty taker on that team. The simplicity of penalties means that the level of player i.e. comparing the penalty taker for Blackpool v the one for Man Utd has a minimal effect IMO.
The point you made about how the player takes the penalty is valid, but no analysis is ever without a degree of error.
@Mick Stump: I wasn't necessarily saying Handanovic is the best, but I just thought I would share the stat.
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Tim Howard and Brad Friedel usually have a good record with saving penalties. Howard more so in shootouts though.
A couple of years back, when Friedel was still with Blackburn, he saved two in one game (and his opposite number saved one as well).
A couple of years back, when Friedel was still with Blackburn, he saved two in one game (and his opposite number saved one as well).
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Ricardo, Lehmann
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Lehmann saved a Riquelme penalty therefore he's the best.
One thing I've noticed about Reina is that he goes to his left when the kicker is left footed and to his right when the kicker is right footed most of the time.
One thing I've noticed about Reina is that he goes to his left when the kicker is left footed and to his right when the kicker is right footed most of the time.
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I was watching that at a friends house who supports Arsenal, he was about to cry and I said don't worry Jens will save it.B0dunrin wrote:Lehmann saved a Riquelme penalty therefore he's the best.
He went mad.
Cunt.
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We were sooo lucky in the CL that year apart from the final. We had the longest clean sheet record in the history of the CL that season as well
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Have to go with the stats that Gordon provided, Handonovic.. 7/9 is an incredible rate.
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Almunia is actually very good with penaltys.
Reina is a good keeper but far from the best when it comes to penaltys.
Its got to be the german keepers.
Reina is a good keeper but far from the best when it comes to penaltys.
Its got to be the german keepers.
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Tim Howard
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I swear, since Sergei Pareiko came to Wisla Krakow this January, he has saved 4 or 5 penalties and only let in one. 
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Ricardo. Scored that one v England as well. 
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Don't fucking remind us.SBSP wrote:Ricardo. Scored that one v England as well.
Ricardo's a cunt.
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Lehmann. 
http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/match=97410057/index.html
Dedicated.
Almunia is good at peno saving,one of his few good aspects.
http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/matches/match=97410057/index.html
Dedicated.
Almunia is good at peno saving,one of his few good aspects.
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Danny wrote:Don't fucking remind us.SBSP wrote:Ricardo. Scored that one v England as well.
Ricardo's a cunt.
