5 of the most important saves in the history of club football

#2 Edwin van der Sar – Manchester United vs Chelsea

Edwin van der Sar makes one of several important saves during his United career

In an all-English Champions League final with more than just the trophy at stake, Manchester United would rely on their long-term custodian to pull off a decisive penalty save from Nicolas Anelka to emerge champions.

In a penalty shootout already laced with drama – Terry’s slip letting United off the hook – Dutchman van der Sar would guess the right way making Cristiano Ronaldo sob happy tears into the pitch.

An old nemesis of Chelsea, having pulled off 3 consecutive penalty shootout saves against them earlier in the FA Cup, van der Sar made one of the most important contributions to the history of Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign.