Following his performance in goal for Club Brugge during their historic run in the UEFA Champions League, former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was praised as “excellent” by Thierry Henry.
The 34-year-old has yet to allow a goal in the Champions League this season, and he was a key factor in his team’s historic draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
This goal was the deciding factor in Brugge’s advancement to the next round, making them only the second Belgian team in the history of the competition to do so.
Mignolet, who departed Liverpool for £6 million in 2019 (Daily Mail), made 14 saves in both games against Diego Simeone’s team, making the four points and two clean sheets all the more impressive.
That’s another mark, as no goalkeeper has ever made as many saves in a single season of play without allowing a goal against the same opponent since 2003. OptaJoe.
Premier League icon Thierry Henry, who has nothing but love for the reborn star, alluded to this.
This is only the second time a team from Belgium has made it out of the group stage, and Henry says that Simon Mignolet is overjoyed about it.
Because he made 14 saves, he says, he is thrilled over two games. As a result, everyone is making their way up to him to offer their congratulations for a job well done during the entire game.
There was a long-held belief that goalkeepers wouldn’t achieve their peak performance level until their mid-30s or later.
Edwin van der Sar, a legendary goalkeeper for Manchester United, was a good example of this, but things have changed recently.
These days, keepers are starting their careers at a far younger age than ever before, and they’re thriving. Mignolet made his professional debut at Sunderland when he was 22 years old.
He later moved to Liverpool, where he had both successful and unsuccessful stints.
Even if he is currently turning in some of his best performances, it was the right decision to cut ties with him in 2019.