Crystal Palace had just won a free kick in a dangerous position right before halftime during a recent match against Newcastle. Immediately after Newcastle had been signaled for the foul, goalkeeper Martin Dubravka went over to his post, set his wall, then returned back to the center of his goal. The referee blew his whistle and Palace’s Patrick van Aanholt whipped in a curling effort on goal.



Dubravka, who was anticipating the ball going over his wall, took a quick step to his left to get a jump on the shot. However, the ball wasn’t heading over the wall — it was actually flying toward the far corner of the goal. By the time Dubravka finally saw the ball swerving around the wall, he quickly got set and attempted to throw himself back in the direction he just came from, but it was already too late. As he was fully stretched, the ball flew past his outstretched hands and into the back of the net.



This was far from the first time we have...