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Tottenham star Hugo Lloris plays down wonder save from Javier Hernandez's effort
HUGO LLORIS was happy to deflect attention away from his wonder save for Tottenham.
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The Frenchman pulled off a string of fine stops as Spurs earned a point in their goalless draw away to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League earlier this evening.
His point-blank save from former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez was arguably his most significant though.
After latching onto a Stefan Kiessling cross in the 48th minute, Hernandez steered his effort goalwards, and it appeared at first glance as if the whole ball had crossed the line, but Lloris somehow prevented it from going in.
When asked for his thoughts after the match, Lloris was rather nonchalant about the incident.
"You need a bit of luck in that kind of action and this time I saved the goal," Lloris said.
"It was a key moment but it was not the only one.
Hugo Lloris pulls off a wonder save from Javier Hernandez
"We should have scored in the first half and then the game would have been much different."
Spurs remain in second spot in Group E with four points and welcome Leverkusen back to Wembley on November 2.
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