Besiktas and myself have given up on Loris Karius since there's nothing to follow anymore. Time to bring on the Bernd Leno discussion, Arsenal fans are now calling him "the brick wall".
And I thought brick is a not so nice term in English xD Says a lot about Karius if Leno feels like a super talent for teammates and fans.
In German a Torhüter can be a "Bank" or "Katze". As in secure like a bank or having catching reflexes as a cat. Also: Krake(octopus), Panther(panther), Langer(long one) or Fliegenfänger(fly catcher)
Leno is the anti-Karius @Bernd_Leno was an absolute brick wall in goal yesterday hes calm a good shot stopper excellent distribution and also very vocal to the defence 💯 @Arsenal number 1 goalkeeper and an absolute bargain compared to the prices other goalkeepers have gone of late #COYG #Arsenal #afc pic.twitter.com/SmI6kll2sA— Martin (@GunForceEdits) November 12, 2018
Leno has only recently broken into the Arse starting XI He made some blunders vs Liverpool early days
Leno is showing gradual signs of improvements. I'd consider him Germany's 3rd choice keeper. Possibly 2nd if we work on phasing out Neuer.
Backsteinmauer status confirmed We've got a great old GIF for that 😜 pic.twitter.com/yV0b7vVW5b— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) November 11, 2018
Single handedly keeping Arsenal from losing to West Midlands giants Wolverhampton Keepin' the Wolves from the door ⛔️🚪What have you made of @Bernd_Leno so far? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/tKhqN7aq7d— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 15, 2018
I'm wondering why he'd deserve to be called Fliegenfänger while at the same time receiving praise here. I mean, you guys know that it's not a flattering term for a goalie, right?
Damn I was duped. Possibly change it back to Backsteinmauer or standby until a better title idea comes to mind...
1066716167606136832 is not a valid tweet id Signing 26 year old Bernd Leno for £22.5 in today’s astronomical market is looking better and better every week. He’s been so reliable, helps us build up from deep, gets on well with everyone in the dressing room & will only improve as he gains more experience. Promising start.— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) November 25, 2018
Forza Leno 🤔 Who will you select as our Player of the Month?🗳 @LTorreira34🗳 @Bernd_Leno🗳 @AlexIwobi🗳 @RobHolding95👇 Cast your vote now - and you could be presenting the trophy 🏆— Arsenal (@Arsenal) November 29, 2018
Not the sharpest of openings for Leno, but he along with the rest of Arsenal came back strong afterwards to beat Tottenham 4-2 in the North London derby
What an important win for Arsenal! Bernd Leno reckons it's proved the doubters wrong!#beINPL #ARSTOT pic.twitter.com/IY6X4624w1— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) December 2, 2018
Leno and Arsenal lacklustre again as they drop points in the 1-1 tie against East Sussex giants Brighton & Hove Albion
A very dodgy keeper in my opinion, doesn't install any kind of confidence in the defence with his constant poor decisions making
not watching since I don't really care about EPL but Liverpool are trashing Arsenal 4-1 after just the 1st half....... wonder if Leno made any blunders??? feels like German GKs aren't doing that well in EPL these days, between Zieler, Leno and Karius. All looks bad. German GK tend to do better in Germany or Spain.
I'd say Arsenal's shambolic defending are more at fault today. Liverpool's first goal was the defenders unable to clear the ball, one defender kicks its and ricochets onto another defender which Firmino then picks it up from there. Second goal, Mustafi and Sokratis both unable to stop Firmino who just dribbled it through on goal. Fourth goal was a penalty, Sokratis takes down Salah in the box who then converts it