If you're not a fan of a goalscoring goalkeeper then you must be dead inside.
There's nothing better than when a team is chasing an equaliser in the dying minutes and sends their stopper up for a corner or free-kick.
As a neutral, your mind races between "can the 'keeper actually get his head on this?" and "if the other team counter, we could see a Xabi Alonso here!"
Oh what an exciting moment.
Well we got the former yesterday as home side Gubbio found themselves 1-0 down in the 92nd minute to Grosseto when Antony Iannarilli popped up in the box and headed home a corner kick to earn his side a point in the Lego Pro Group B.
While the marking may have been questionable from Grosseto, that does nothing to quench our giddy glee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkdnKyDgfI
H/t to 101GreatGoals
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