The goalkeepers play a crucial role in how a team performs on a given day and at the grandest stage of club football. They hold the power to completely change a match for their side. Over the years the top-tier of English football has witnessed some of the world’s most capable and talented goalkeepers take the field. Here we take a look at the top 5 goalkeepers in the Premier League.
1. Ederson
Manchester City’s Ederson has been one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League lately. The Brazilian goalkeeper is not only good at stopping shots towards his goal but also has a knack for picking up his players in decent positions to be able to distribute and trigger a quick counterattack.
In addition to supplementing Man City in playing out from the back, Ederson is pretty capable of mugging the ball up the pitch as well with quite lucrative precision during crucial moments of a match. He’s quick in reacting to those rebound situations arising inside the penalty area as well.
2. Allison Becker
Liverpool’s Alisson Becker is without any shadow of a doubt one of the top goalkeepers in recent years. The goalkeeper from Brazil possesses a big-game temperament and has been able to deliver in high-pressure moments for the Reds since he joined the club in 2018.
Alisson comes across as a pillar for Liverpool in their chase for the Premier League title almost every season in the top flight. His strengths are not limited to a particular sphere of his game. Alongside shot-stopping and spectacular saves, Alisson’s distribution has been often lauded by football pundits over the years. He rarely lets his side down in those crunch situations.
3. Emiliano Martinez
The FIFA World Cup 2022 Champion with Argentina, Emiliano Martinez is currently regarded as one of the top-class goalkeepers in the top leagues of Europe. Martinez currently plays for Midlands-based side Aston Villa in the Premier League. He is quite intelligent in using his bulky buildup to make himself big in those one-on-one situations inside the penalty area. Also, the Argentinian is not afraid to come rushing out of his goal line when the situation arises. He surely deserves a righteous mention in the top 5 goalkeepers in the Premier League.
4. Jose Sa
Jose Sa emerges as one of the most significant performers for Wolves in their last three seasons in the Premier League. The Portuguese goalkeeper has taken every chance to shine for his team and stood up by delivering eye-catching performances whenever put under question marks by the critics.
Jose Sa may not come across as one of the most sensible distributors of ball but he is a spectacular shot-stopper. The 31-year-old has single-handedly kept the Old Gold in a lot of games in the league. Whenever Wolves’ defenders have let them down he has sprung up and proved to be a rescuer for them. Sa has made a handy number of saves for his side in their last three outings against Coventry City (in the FA Cup), Aston Villa, and Burnley.
5. Bernd Leno
Bernd Leno has proved himself as one of the most dependable goalkeepers in the Premier League. He has managed to keep a respectable tally of eight clean sheets in 30 games for Fulham so far in the ongoing 2023-2024 top-flight season of English football. In Fulham’s remarkable rise to being a competitive team in the league under Marco Silva, Leno has played a significant part. Some of the saves made by him have single-handedly kept the Cottagers in the game during pivotal stages of this season.
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