da gbg bet： Orjan Nyland staked his claim to climb above Jed Steer in the pecking order of Aston Villa goalkeepers to become second-choice.
On the chalkboard
da betsson： The Norwegian stopper has only played one time in any competition this campaign, with that appearance coming when he replaced an injured Steer in the league against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
This indicates that the Englishman was ahead of him in the pecking order, acting as the main back-up option behind Tom Heaton.
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However, Nyland was given the opportunity to show that shouldn’t be the case when he was placed between the sticks for the Carabao Cup tie against Liverpool, and he took it.
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Superb performance
The 5-0 scoreline makes it seem as though Villa were dominant throughout, and while that was the case for parts of the game, it certainly wasn’t for its entirety.
Liverpool put on a lot of pressure before Villa started running away with the game and the hosts’ goalkeeper was put under plenty of pressure.
This is shown by the fact that Nyland was awarded Man of the Match by SofaScore with an overall rating of 9.1, after making a total of eight saves.
Notable stops he made came against the lively Harvey Elliott, when the 16-year-old got space by fooling Neil Taylor before getting a powerful strike off, as well as his save from Tony Gallacher’s long-range effort.
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The goalkeeper also completed 10 of his 23 long balls and 64% of all the passes that he attempted during the quarter-final.
Not only has this performance got Nyland into a position where he could potentially become Villa’s number two, but he has also ensured his side got to the semi-final of the Carabao Cup, just one step away from Wembley.
This definitely wasn’t a bad evening’s work for the Norwegian goalkeeper.
In other news, FFC writers have given their opinions on whether Villa should move for their reported transfer target.