Copenhagen Keeper Karl-Johan Johnsson Stuns Twitter With One Million Saves Against Man Utd
Manchester United squeaked through to the semis of the Europa League on Monday night with a 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen after extra-time.
It was, you'll be stunned to learn, a Bruno Fernandes penalty that saw the Red Devils through in Germany, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had finished testing the structural integrity of the woodwork from all sides.
With 14 shots on target to Copenhagen's one, it's hard to argue that the Red Devils didn't deserve to advance (even if it wasn't pretty), however, one man who is incredibly unfortunate to have had his Europa League campaign cut short is Karl-Johan Johnsson.
The 30-year-old Swede made a whopping 13 saves – the joint most by a goalkeeper in a Europa League match since 2009 to keep the English giants at bay...
As you might expect, Twitter had things to say about the keeper's incredible performance.
Karl-Johan Johnsson's performance has been nothing short of incredible for Copenhagen this evening! ? pic.twitter.com/1MrRoQYGoN
— 90min (@90min_Football) August 10, 2020
Copenhagen - keeper Johnsson could have saved the planet....What a game !
— Jan Aage Fjortoft ?️? ?? (@JanAageFjortoft) August 10, 2020
Game of his life this keeper. Incredible.
— Cesc Fàbregas Soler (@cesc4official) August 10, 2020
Copenhagen's keeper must've saved 1,000 this match.
— The United Stand (@UnitedStandMUFC) August 10, 2020
Oi United fans you're winning, you can stop complaining about the keeper being amazing now. Just enjoy him!
— Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) August 10, 2020
Who. Is. This. Keeper
— Eli (@ElMengem) August 10, 2020
A goalkeeper should still get his clean sheet bonus if he’s only beaten by a penalty (an opinion I have formulated solely on the basis of this game)
— Michael Cox (@Zonal_Marking) August 10, 2020
Johnsson's record stops drew obvious comparions...
Copenhagen keeper tonight pic.twitter.com/Wao4NHRYsj
— Ibrahim (@_ibrahim00_) August 10, 2020
Great goalkeeping performance from Karl-Johan Johnsson in the #MUNCOP game tonight. Not a patch on Ludek Miklosko's against #MUFC in 1995 though...
— Jason Pettigrove (@jasonpettigrove) August 10, 2020
Last time I saw a goal keeping performance as good as Copenhagen's keeper was Cech vs Bayern 2012..
— Conn (@ConnCFC) August 10, 2020
There were also the unfortunate parallels with a certain under-fire west London based goalkeeper...
The Copenhagen keeper is now 24% of the way to equalling Kepa’s save total for the entire season from tonight’s game alone looool.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) August 10, 2020
INCOMING:
— Samantha Quek (@SamanthaQuek) August 10, 2020
£120M bid from Chelsea for this Copenhagen keeper tomorrow morning #MUNCOP
Get this Keeper to Chelsea
— CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) August 10, 2020
And a chilling prediction for the future...
“Karl-Johan Johnsson, 31, made a name for himself after a man of the match display for FC Copenhagen against Manchester United back in August. He joins West Ham on loan after Lukasz Fabianski was ruled out for the remainder of the season. Again.”
— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) August 10, 2020
Whatever happens, Johnsson will always have this night and a nice smile from Juan Mata, which is all you can ask for really.
Juan Mata with a kind word for Copenhagen goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson after his incredible performance ?
— Football on BT Sport #Club2020 (@btsportfootball) August 10, 2020
Respect.#Club2020 pic.twitter.com/q1lLbZS0tE
What a keeper we have ?#uel #fcklive
— F.C. København (@FCKobenhavn) August 10, 2020
? @LarsRonbog / Getty Images pic.twitter.com/rDbelm4bHe