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GOOD CLEAN FUN FOR EMI

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Vincent
Published date15 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Emi Martinez has presided over 32 shut-outs for club and country since he won the Golden Glove at the World Cup

That is more clean sheets than a hotel laundry.

And none turned football upside down like Aston Villa's pitch-perfect ambush of the title race at the Emirates.

Martinez (inset) defiled his gong in Qatar with a lewd and suggestive prank, but it does not change the narrative.

Villa's No.1 is arguably the best goalkeeper in the world.

Would Pep Guardiola trade Ederson for him? Probably not.

Would Erik ten Hag swap Andre Onana for Martinez?

He might not be in the job long enough to get the chance.

Yet it remains one of football's most curious pieces of transfer business that Martinez was sold by Arsenal, after just 33 appearances in nine years with the Gunners and here was a showcase for his enduring agility.

As Villa sat deep, leaving fewer spaces than the dance floor at Birmingham's famous Snobs nightclub, their World Cup winner was called into action only sporadically.

But he simply did not look like being beaten.

Within seconds of Ollie Watkins hitting the inside of a post at the other end, Martinez procured a miraculous save with an outstretched leg...

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