Joe Hart, as we all now, hasn’t been having the best of times lately.
A large part in England’s Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland, the goalkeeper returned to England only to be told that he was no longer considered first choice between the sticks at his club, Manchester City.
As a result, he’s been loaned out to Serie A club, Torino and while he seems to be holding down a starting place for his new club, it’s fair to say that his early performances in Italy haven’t always been all that convincing.
On his debut, his misjudged punch led to an equaliser for Atalanta, paving the way for the Bergamo club to go and win the match. He was also (somewhat harshly, some might say) blamed for this Inter Milan goal against his side last week, too.
OOPS JOE HART!
Blunder, Inter scores, and look Mihajlovic facial expression at the end… pic.twitter.com/n6zj4d7SJq— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) October 26, 2016
This week, Hart was on the right side of the 5-1 scoreline as Torino hosted Cagliari on Saturday. But he still came enormously close to another high-profile blunder with his side 2-0 to the good. How close? This close:
Hit attempt to catch a ball at his near post saw Hart drop the ball over his head, recovering in just enough time to prevent the ball going over the line.
Joe Hart's almost disastrous mistake earlier 😳 #TorinoCagliari pic.twitter.com/a0BRbAyd4n
— Serie A News (@TransfersCalcio) November 5, 2016
Perhaps his luck is changing? About time it did, too.
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