Mike Penders’ save against Bryan Mbeumo, which helped preserve our 2-0 victory against Manchester United at the Stamford Bridge, has been named the Premier League’s Save of the Month for October.
It was a rather unbelievable save … in every sense of that word.
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There was no way anyone could’ve gotten a hand to that shot. There was no way he actually did get a hand (well, fingertip) to it!
But a fingertip to it he got indeed. His exuberant celebration was the first hint that maybe something great just happened.
It wasn’t much of a touch. But it was just enough. Just enough to alter the course of the ball by a millimeter or two. Just enough to make it bounce down and out off the crossbar, rather than down and in.
The voters and the judging panel probably didn’t check the physics whether that touch was in fact enough to make that difference. But I’m happy to go with the assumption that it did.
Congrats, Big Mike! Not a bad way to mark your second ever Premier League start!
