Former Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina played for Aston Villa on Monday night during their heavy defeat at the hands of Leicester City. The veteran goalkeeper came rushing out of his penalty area in order to confront Harvey Barnes but the 22-year-old skipped past his challenge before firing home to put the Foxes in front.
Reina won both the domestic cups here in England during his time at Anfield and tasted World Cup and European Championship glory with Spain during what has been a distinguished career. However, at the age of 37 and after such a high-profile error there will likely be much debate around whether or not the Madrid born stopper is still up to the task of performing at the top level.
Does Pepe Reina still have something to offer to the Premier League?
Yes
No
Here’s what the Liverpool supporter’s made of their former goalkeeper’s error.
Not sure where pep was going ??
— ?DAVEYBOYLFC? (@Daveybo63799441) March 9, 2020
Disaster Reina
— OMAR BADMON? (@Adi_badazz) March 9, 2020
People get older…and lose their skills. Oh Pep.
— NicWar (@NicWar) March 10, 2020
Oh Pepe stop destroying your once great legacy in the league dude
— Ash Dogra (@TheAshman69) March 9, 2020
— Joseph Jaffa (@JJaffa) March 9, 2020
Oh dear
— Ellis Crone (@CroneEllis) March 9, 2020
What is Pepe Reina doing ???
— ? LFC Sami ? (@JMilnerinho) March 9, 2020
What do we think?
Reina’s poor and costly display resulted in him earning a performance rating of 4.7/10 according to WhoScored.com and even that, in our view seems generous.