5 Liverpool rejects who are on fire this season

L: Balotelli with Liverpool and R: Balotelli with Nice

#4 Peter Gulacsi

L: Gulacsi with Liverpool, R: Gulacsi with RB Leipzig

Since the departure of Pepe Reina in 2013, Liverpool have struggled with their goalkeepers because of Reina's replacement, Simon Mignolet, who is simply too error-prone for a club aiming to play in the Champions League. This season, Liverpool signed a new goalkeeper in Loris Karius, but the German is yet to show why Jurgen Klopp entrusts him.

Rewind to 2013, when Liverpool signed Mignolet. The Reds had another keeper in their ranks who never represented the senior team. He went on loan to three different clubs while he was at Liverpool and in the end, he left the club permanently to join Austrian giants Red Bull Salzburg.

The keeper was Peter Gulacsi and very few Liverpool fans will remember him. In 2015, he moved to Salzburg's sister club in Germany, RB Leipzig and was Leipzig's first choice keeper as they gained promotion to the Bundesliga. Gulacsi continues to be the team's first choice keeper in the German top flight. He has played 31 leauge games during Leipzig's amazing campaign and has kept seven clean sheets during the process. He has made 45 saves, 10 punches and 53 catches so far this season.

Leipzig finished second in the league in 2016/17 and are assured of a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage for 2017/18

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