In a sport that can be as cruel as it is beautiful, Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky experienced the ultimate professional nightmare on Tuesday night. Handed a surprise start by manager Igor Tudor ahead of Guglielmo Vicario for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Atletico Madrid, the young Czech Republic international saw his big moment evaporate in a matter of minutes. After conceding three goals and committing two high-profile errors in the opening quarter of an hour, Kinsky was ruthlessly hauled off by his manager, leaving the pitch in tears and heading straight down the tunnel.

Manchester United have been told that they made a huge mistake in allowing “phenomenal” David de Gea to leave the club in 2023. That is the opinion of former Red Devils striker Giuseppe Rossi, who returned to Old Trafford to train alongside De Gea and Co in 2019. He has told GOAL why it has taken so long for Premier League giants to get back on the “right path” in the goalkeeping department.

With Christmas approaching, there are still two winless teams in Europe's 'Big 5' leagues. That one of them is Wolves is arguably unsurprising. The Fosun International-owned Premier League club sold two of their best players during the summer and squandered the proceeds on sub-standard signings. However, the fact that Fiorentina have yet to win a single game in Serie A is shocking.

Fiorentina goalkeeper David de Gea has admitted he feared a 6-0 loss before VAR intervened in his club's dramatic 2-2 draw with Bologna in Serie A. The goalkeeper dismissed pressure as "an excuse" as La Viola remain winless in the relegation zone, relying on two late penalties to salvage a point against their 10-man opponents.