Save of the season? Emi Martinez makes unbelievable behind-the-back, goal line save

There’s unlikely to be a debate over the save of the season in the Premier League.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez surely has that wrapped up after producing an astonishing save during his team’s 2-1 loss at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

The Argentina international was standing slightly off his line as a header by Forest’s Nicolas Dominguez went past him. Martinez stuck out his left hand behind him and somehow managed to drop the ball down onto the ground and scoop it away from off the line in the same motion.

Three minutes later, Martinez was celebrating a goal by teammate Jhon Duran that put Villa ahead at the City Ground. But Forest scored two goals from the 87th to grab the win.

Martinez was voted as the best goalkeeper in the world at the Ballon d’Or awards for the past two years.

He famously pulled off a stunning stop in the last seconds of extra time in the 2022 World Cup final to deny France striker Randal Kolo Muani. That kept teammate Lionel Messi’s dream alive of finally winning soccer’s biggest prize.