this is manuel almunia, the arsenal goalkeeper who played against spurs last saturday. it's taken a long time for the arsenal fans to warm to him. he has been our second goalie, behind jens lehmann, for quite a few seasons and hasn't really looked secure when he's played in the first team. then again, being a goalkeeper is a tough gig as whenever you do make a mistake it's invariably costly. this season has been slightly different with lehmann only playing the first two league games before being injured/dropped in lieu of manuel. since then he hasn't been out of the side and has been pretty steady at the back. this culminated in this match where, at 1-1, he saved a penalty that would almost certainly have surrendered our unbeaten home record. he deservedly had his name sung throughout the stadium as the final whistle went.

this is manuel almunia, the arsenal goalkeeper who played against spurs last saturday. it's taken a long time for the arsenal fans to warm to him. he has been our second goalie, behind jens lehmann, for quite a few seasons and hasn't really looked secure when he's played in the first team. then again, being a goalkeeper is a tough gig as whenever you do make a mistake it's invariably costly. this season has been slightly different with lehmann only playing the first two league games before being injured/dropped in lieu of manuel. since then he hasn't been out of the side and has been pretty steady at the back. this culminated in this match where, at 1-1, he saved a penalty that would almost certainly have surrendered our unbeaten home record. he deservedly had his name sung throughout the stadium as the final whistle went.