Senne Lammens can do no wrong at Manchester United right now, but even he has admitted that this club demands a “most difficult”, “different kind” of goalkeeping.
From making the fantastic look routine to making the routine look as easy as it actually is, Senne Lammens has played like he was born to wear the Man Utd shirt.
The recent 1-0 win against Everton even added the biggest feather in his cap as he came through victorious after a typical “welcome to the Premier League” game.
However, Lammens has now admitted that despite coming from Belgium as a statistical darling, United demands a “different kind” of goalkeeping.
Senne Lammens on ‘different’ kind of goalkeeping at Man Utd
It’s not for nothing that Gary Neville is repeatedly on record for saying that the position of Man Utd’s goalkeeper is the toughest position in football.
You’re only as good as your last save, nevermind your last game, and a single error can bring the pitchforks out and never go back in.
The pressure of this job swallowed and spat out Andre Onana, who played in the UCL final the season before joining Old Trafford.
Lammens has positioned himself as the perfect Onana antidote so far, and that’s because he’s excelling at the different kind of goalkeeping this position demands.
He said [via The Telegraph]: “Of course, the quality is better, you have to trust in yourself. There’s a reason I’m here, and I made the move.
“Sometimes at United, I don’t really have to make a lot of saves. It’s a different kind of goalkeeping, but it’s also sometimes the most difficult when there are only one or two saves to be made.”
Lammens has captured the pressure of being United’s goalkeeper perfectly, because it affected David de Gea as well.
De Gea was at his best when United were at their worst, and when he was asked to just stay alert and make the odd save in a game United dominated, he’d let one shot slip.
Staying engaged when there’s not much to do, only to come alive at the necessary moment, is exactly what Lammens describes as “most difficult” about being a goalkeeper at United.
By staying calm, he has managed to navigate that tricky path easily so far. With time, he will only improve, because it’s easily forgotten that he’s still only 23, which is far away from a goalkeeper’s “peak”.
If he’s this good now, then the sky is the limit for him eventually.
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