An unlucky blunder throughout Newcastle’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth has seen some followers suppose they’ve witnessed the reincarnation of Steven ‘Slippy G’ Gerrard.
With their common goalkeeping primary Nick Pope out with a dislocated shoulder, former Manchester United loanee Martin Dubravka has been deputising in between the sticks for the Magpies.
It was his error that result in Dominic Solanke opening the scoring, and to some followers pondering the Slovakian was imitating the Liverpool legend.
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Initially arriving in Newcastle on mortgage from Sparta Prague in 2018, Dubravka went on to hitch the membership permanetly and and have become their primary. He was shipped out to Manchester United final 12 months after his place was nicked by the now-injured Pope, and has returned to blended evaluations.
Now, of their conflict towards Bournemouth within the Premier League, the Slovakian has made a horrible error that handed the Cherries a 1-0 lead on a platter.
Receiving the ball from his centre-half Sven Botman, all be it at an honest velocity, Dubravka’s again foot gave means, and the slip gave the league’s top-scoring Englishman, Dominic Solanke, an absolute reward.
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One fan likened Dubravka’s slip to the well-known Gerrard fake pas, exclaiming: “Dubravka just recreated the famous Gerrard Slip!!” and a second added: “With Dubravka there it’s like a circus every week.”
A 3rd fan wasn’t impressed with Newcastle’s ‘keeper and centre-half alternatives, stating: “Get Burn and Dubravka off the pitch. They’re not good enough!” With a fourth saying: “They miss Pope so much.”
Newcastle followers might be hoping Pope will return quickly, or in the event that they favored, one other burden-ridden Liverpool legend within the type of Loris Karius might take over from Dubravka. Fancy that.