Pepe Reina has won the Barclays Golden Glove award for the second season running after keeping 19 clean sheets in the Barclays Premier League campaign.
Reina's closest competition came from Everton's Tim Howard (14 shut outs) and Reading's Marcus Hahnemann (13).
The award is further evidence of the form of Reina over the past couple of years, but the Reds' stopper is keen to share the honour with his teammates.
"This is not my trophy," he says. "It's recognition of the work of our defenders as well as the other players in the team.
"We are a special group at Liverpool and that is why we have had some success over recent seasons.
"I would say our defence is a ten out of ten unit. There is such a determination not to concede goals and hopefully we'll be able to reproduce our best form throughout the coming season.
"For me, clean sheets aren't the most important thing. If I keep one at Aston Villa this weekend then great, but if I don't and we still win the game then that's great as well."
Link :
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N156627070808-1659.htmWell done Pepe mate,
It's also nice to hear him share the recognition of his award.
Here's to many more clean sheets.
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