Pepe Reina

[RichC]

That was an excellent save from Pepe and as others have said you can't really blame him for the goal 1 on 1 with a top striker.

[Alex]

He has been much better recently. That save from the Hulk shot was world class.

[Pedenj]

If a player goes through 1 on 1 with that much time and space then they should score. Very harsh to label Pepe at fault.

Other end Suarez goes through and it's saved then we'd all say it's a bad miss rather than a good save. All the power in that situation is with the striker.

[Kenneth]

You are right of course, you can't expect him to stop a one on one, but I guess you can expect him to try.

[Rich]

You are right of course, you can't expect him to stop a one on one, but I guess you can expect him to try.

Are you suggesting Reina didn't try? Odd thing to say about our keeper.

[Sarb]

He kind of crouched with his arms at his side. He didn't really make himself a big target to beat. I remember him doing something similar in the game against Wigan at home when we lost. It just appears like a total lack of effort to even want to make the save. It's not deliberate. I just think he has lost it a bit in one-on-ones.

[Chazza]

That was an excellent save from Pepe and as others have said you can't really blame him for the goal 1 on 1 with a top striker.

[Kenneth]

Are you suggesting Reina didn't try? Odd thing to say about our keeper.

Well I don't think he did all that he could have done. I can't really explain why but 'couldn't be arsed' probably doesn't cover it.

[Neil Young]

So he's done it before? Hmm...

In that case, I reckon he's been trained to do that in one-to-ones. I'd guess it's because keepers used to be trained to make themselves big (like Schmeichel did) so strikers were trained to put it through their legs so now keeping coaches are trying to find the best way to combat that.

The idea he didn't try, well, maybe that's how it looks to the untrained eye but it's not credible for a moment.

[Red_Polo]

Looked to me like he made a tight 'cage' the ball had to be outside of to beat him. I'm not convinced that's any less worthwhile a strategy than making yourself look big. Certainly standing and waiting to react to the shot wasn't likely to prove more fruitful. Probably one of those situations where it looks a bit cack, but really if the attacker doesn't **** it up what can you do?

[Neil Young]

Like I say, I'm sure it's a response to how strikers handle one-to-ones these days.

It's just evolution but we all tend to think how it was done is how it should be done. That's fine for fans - although a bit of thought about why things might be like they are is always advisable - but exactly the kind of thing "experts" should be aware of and avoid. But enough of Andy Gray's Neanderthal ideas about zonal marking.

[Vermilion]

Just looks to me like the player has given him the eye, and made Pepe think he was going to do something different to what he did, to which Pepe reacted in a neither here nor there way, if you know what i mean.

[Neil Young]

Nah, he couldn't be arsed.

[Vermilion]

Nah, he couldn't be arsed.

[Kenneth]

Please Neil, tell us more about modern developments in goalkeeping one on one techniques with the benefit of your trained eye More detail on the gradual transition from the Schmeichel school up to the modern data cage technique would be of particular interest.