The Kopa Trophy winner presented his award as the world’s best goalkeeper before the game and showed why he won the award as Villa drew 0-0 with Juve.
Aston Villa were denied a famous win over Juventus by a controversial refereeing decision but were thanks to goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez’s brilliance against the Italian giants.
It took 36 minutes for both teams to open up a big lead, but Ollie Watkins was denied by Michele Di Gregorio after being sent on goal.
And just before half-time the hosts were only a few centimeters away from the lead, but Lucas Digne’s free kick hit the crossbar.
After an hour and a tense, delicate opening period to half-time, Francisco Conceicao was stunningly denied by Emiliano Martinez, the Argentine goalkeeper, whose point-blank header was saved from the bottom corner.
Moments later, at the other end, John McGinn saw a try cleared off the line as the contest suddenly gained momentum.
And Morgan Rogers thought he had won the game with a fine finish in stoppage time after Diego Carlos Di Gregorio challenged, but the VAR disallowed the goal for a foul on the stopper in chaotic final scenes.
GOAL assesses the Aston Villa players from Villa Park…
