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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dúbravka shortlisted for Premier League Save of the Season award
The Slovakian international's superb stop from close range denied Jorgen Stand Larsen in the Magpies' 3-0 win over Wolves in January, with the 36-year-old doing brilliantly to divert the forward's effort onto the crossbar with his left foot. Dúbravka's save was voted Save of the Month, and will now go up against the other monthly winners for the overall 2024/25 award. Advertisement Also in the running are David Raya of Arsenal, Kepa Arrizabalaga of Bournemouth and Manchester United's Andre Onana - who each have two nominations - as well as Chelsea's Robert Sanchez, Tottenham Hotspur's Guglielmo Vicario and Aston Villa's Emiliano Martinez. "It is extra special because the whole preparation for the game pays off at that moment. You know that you did something right during the week," Dúbravka said of his save in January. "It's not just that save, but it's repetitions. You're constantly working during during the week on the opponent and you try to replicate it - and in a situation like this you're happy. "I tried to prepare myself for a tap-in, and just spread myself to try to react. Then Sven (Botman) tackled me at the same time! So I was happy that I could make the save, but at the same time I was sore because he smashed my hamstring from behind! Advertisement "But it was a special moment for me at the time - and to keep a clean sheet as well, it always counts. I didn't want to give anything to Wolves." Magpies fans can vote for Dúbravka by clicking here. Voting closes at 6pm BST on Friday, 30th May and the winner will be announced at 12pm BST on Saturday, 31st May.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ederson up for Premier League Save of the Month award
Ederson up for Premier League Save of the Month award Ederson up for Premier League Save of the Month award Ederson has been nominated for the Premier League's Save of the Month award for March. Our Brazilian goalkeeper features on the six-strong shortlist for his brilliant diving save to deny Callum Hudson-Odoi in the second half of our clash at Nottingham Forest. Advertisement Vote for Ederson here With the scores tied in the 68th minute, Hudson-Odoi cut inside to curl the ball at the far post, sending it through a crowd of legs. Despite seeing it late, Ederson was able to tip the ball onto the post and keep it out. WATCH: Ederson's save v Nottingham Forest | March 2025 Despite a long list of individual and team honours in a glittering career, our No.31 has never won this award before since its inception in August 2022. If he's to win it this time he'll have to overcome stern competition, with Arsenal's David Raya on the shortlist twice. West Ham's Alphonse Areola, Leicester's Mads Hermansen and Brighton's Bart Verbruggen complete the nominees. Advertisement You can vote for Ederson by clicking here before the deadline passes at 12:00 (UK) on Monday 31 March. The winner will then be announced at 14:00 (UK) on Friday 4 April. This news follows Omar Marmoush's nomination for Goal of the Month with his dipping strike from outside the box against Brighton.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Arsenal's Raya receives Save of the Month nomination
Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya has received a nomination for the Premier League's Save of the Month award for February, after his stop against Manchester City. Raya kept out a close range header from Josko Gvardiol after a corner, pushing the attempt up and onto the crossbar. The stop required excellent reflexes as well as a strong arm to keep the ball out. You can vote for Raya's stop here, with the voting deadline at 12:00 GMT on Monday, March 10th. Raya has been nominated alongside Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest, save vs Brighton), Alisson (Liverpool, save vs Bournemouth), Alphonse Areola (West Ham, save vs Chelsea), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton, save vs Bournemouth), and Kepa Arrizabalaga (Bournemouth, save vs Wolves). Raya already won the award back in August for his fantastic reaction stop against Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins thought he'd scored with a diving header from close range with Raya grounded, but the Spanish goalkeeper sprung up to keep the attempt out. Raya has kept 15 clean sheets for Arsenal this season in all competitions, including reaching double figures in the Premier League with 10. Only Sels has more in the league (11), though Liverpool's Alisson is fast gaining, reaching nine despite having played seven games fewer. Raya will get another extra game on Alisson before the end of the season though, as Liverpool have played one more, so the Golden Glove race is definitely alive.
New York Times
27-01-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Listen: Why Chelsea have seen this movie before with their goalkeeper
Momentarily topping the Premier League was a possibility for Chelsea with a win at Everton before Christmas, with many fans daring to dream of an unlikely title challenge. Now, Enzo Maresca's side looks like they could face an uphill battle just to secure European football. Their 3-1 defeat against Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday dropped them down to sixth, 13 points adrift of leaders Liverpool. The game was marked by another mistake from Robert Sanchez, his fifth leading to a direct goal this campaign – more than any other player. Advertisement On the latest episode of 'Straight Outta Cobham', Matt Davies-Adams was joined by Chelsea beat writers Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson to discuss their current struggles. Both Liam and Simon questioned whether Sanchez's position had now become untenable. A partial transcript has been edited for this article. The full episode is available on 'Straight Outta Cobham' feed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Liam: It's pretty disconcerting that Maresca doesn't see Filip Jorgensen as a clear upgrade on Sanchez. Even in light of what we're seeing from Sanchez on a weekly basis, we haven't seen that much of Jorgensen. Maresca has seen far more of him in training and he doesn't think he's a clear upgrade. We'll have to see if Jorgensen gets his chance with a more sustained run, what he's got to offer. But it's clear now that things have reached a point with Sanchez that goalkeepers don't come back from. When it becomes this toxic where your own fans are booing your every touch (as happened at one point against City) or are sarcastically cheering when you catch a header from your own teammate (as happened against Wolves) and you are continuing to make mistakes… not just mistakes in terms of the way Maresca wants to play with distribution, which continues to be a huge problem for Sanchez with his decision-making as well as his technical execution, but even the goalkeeping fundamentals now. Dropping corners, positioning when balls are coming into the Chelsea half; it looks like his game is disintegrating and the errors are snowballing. We've seen this movie before with Kepa and others at Chelsea and you don't get that trust back once it's gone. It's a brutal position; goalkeeper. I don't say any of this out of any animus towards Robert Sanchez. It's a brutal, unforgiving position. But he's reached a point now where I just can't see it getting better. And a change is probably coming sooner rather than later, whether Maresca wants it to or not. Advertisement Simon: He is supposed to be in the team because he can play the best out from the back and be that keeper that suits Maresca's system, but I just haven't seen it. Forget his actual goalkeeping. We all know that as a goalkeeper he can pull off the odd worldy. I think we have to acknowledge that; he's been in the Premier League Save of the Month competition on a fairly regular basis. But he doesn't do the basics well enough and it comes back to something Rob Green said in a piece I did a few months ago. Green said about Maresca: 'Is this a hill that he's willing to die on?' And it is getting to that point because it won't take much for the abuse which is being focused towards Sanchez to then turn on the guy that keeps picking him. On one hand, you could say Maresca's support for Sanchez is admirable. That certainly in public he's trying to stand by his man and not criticise him too much. But the pre-match press conference was perhaps the most backhanded criticism that he's done so far because he said: 'I'm standing by him, but he's got a lot of improving to do. And I cannot assure (you) that he will be the starting goalkeeper next season.' But proceeded to say he's getting better… I just don't see that as true. It's like how with bad results and bad performances, supporters also then turn their ire towards the people running the club. It sort of becomes a guilty-by-association sort of thing. But Maresca has to be careful here. It's only six weeks ago that he was going towards the away end at Southampton, and 'We've got our Chelsea back' and it was all smiles and happiness. It's flipped and it could get a lot worse if Sanchez continues to play like he is. It is a big call for him for the West Ham game. That's a massive decision and perhaps the biggest that he's had to make since he became head coach because what a message that will send to the crowd either way. If Sanchez can't pass the ball out from the back effectively and he can't do the basics right, then you do have to wonder what the justification is for him to keep his place. You can listen to full episodes of 'Straight Outta Cobham' for free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. (Top Photo)
