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07th Apr 2016

WATCH: Roman Weidenfeller becomes a yellow wall of his own with reflex saves that beggar belief

Just unbelievable

Darragh Murphy

In a tournament where away goals can be so very vital, Liverpool fans will be cursing the talents of Roman Weidenfeller.

The Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper was beaten by a deflected strike towards the end of the first half of their Europa League quarter-final first leg at home to the Reds.

But after that, he shut up shop and decided he was sick of that conceding nonsense.

Weidenfeller put on a goalkeeping performance of a lifetime in the second half as he came up with a trio of saves in the second half.

First, the German stopper got down preposterously well to a low, powerful drive from Philippe Coutinho.

And after a sequence of Liverpool pressure, Weidenfeller first denied a long-range strike from Nathaniel Clyne that looked to be destined for the bottom corner but was pushed out of the six-yard box.

The ball arrived to Coutinho once more but he could only fire it directly at Weidenfeller who stayed big and kept the game at 1-1.

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