After an absolute shocker from Aston Villa’s Pepe Reina, loads of Newcastle fans have been singing the praises of goalkeeper Martin Dubravka. One supporter dubbed the 31-year-old as the “bargain of the century.”
Dubravka moved to St. James’ Park from AC Sparta Praha for a mere £3.6m in July 2018. Since, the ‘keeper has appeared in 80 games for the Magpies and kept 24 clean sheets in all competitions so far (Transfermarkt).
According to the official Premier League website, the Slovakian tops the charts for the most total saves and errors leading to goals in the English top tier this season. Indeed, Dubravka has made a staggering 117 saves in 29 appearances for the Tyneside club.
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Although Dubravka has marginally made more errors leading to goals than Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, the Magpies stopper has a higher rating on WhoScored at 6.84.
Have a read at some of the best responses down below…
Total saves / Errors leading to goal.
Dubravka is 👑 #NUFC 🖤🤍🖤🤍 pic.twitter.com/hHMESyaVHl
— NUFC360 (@NUFC360) March 9, 2020
Apparently 7 of Dubravka’s mistakes have lead to a goal this season, same as De Gea & Pickford. The big difference is he’s faced WAY more shots than the other two!
— Michael (@mickwatson65) March 9, 2020
https://twitter.com/SimonTingle/status/1237117517518249984
Given the amount of saves he's made this season compared to others, it's not too odd. Look at the caliber of those closely following him. #NUFC https://t.co/RPAW08CW5g pic.twitter.com/xDYzCJys3i
— NUFC360 (@NUFC360) March 9, 2020
Dubravka has been a life saver. Bargain of the century.
— Go on ya massive (@GoOnYaMassive91) March 9, 2020
Best keeper outside of the top 6
— Kevin Monaghan (@youngmono) March 9, 2020
Only 4 errors leading to goals compared to 117 saves. To be fair, that’s really not that bad. He has kept us in a lot of games this season and we would be massively struggling without him in the team #nufc
— Adrian Langley (@adi_bizzle) March 9, 2020
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