It's been an eventful year for Hugo Lloris. There was the World Cup win in Russia. There was his drink-driving arrest and a feeling of 'emptiness' after the emotional drain of the summer. Now Tottenham are clinging on to a title race and on the verge of the Champions League quarter-finals.

The backdrop to Lloris's season has been a string of high-profile errors. In the World Cup final he tried to dribble out of trouble inside his six-yard box only to be tackled by and concede a goal to Mario Mandzukic.

Spurs had Lloris at least in part to blame for a catastrophic start to their European campaign. Manager Mauricio Pochettino claimed Lloris' rash decision to come charging off his line and leave his goal gaping for Philippe Coutinho to score after 92 seconds played a bigger role in the defeat to Barcelona than Lionel Messi's masterclass. Lloris was then sent off with Spurs 2-1 up at PSV in a match they ended up drawing.

His decision-making has been questionable since, too, notably when he came off his line to flap unconvincingly at a cross when Craig Cathcart opened the scoring for Watford at Wembley last month.

So it comes as a bit of a surprise that Lloris stands out as the best-performing goalkeeper in the entire Premier League this season when it comes to shot-stopping.