{"id":216064,"date":"2023-11-01T18:46:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216064"},"modified":"2023-11-01T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:46:58","slug":"fans-pinpoint-moment-entire-footballing-timeline-changed-and-it-all-goes-back-to-arsenals-fateful-trip-to-brighton-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/fans-pinpoint-moment-entire-footballing-timeline-changed-and-it-all-goes-back-to-arsenals-fateful-trip-to-brighton-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans pinpoint \u2018moment entire footballing timeline changed\u2019… and it all goes back to Arsenal\u2019s fateful trip to Brighton | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
FOOTBALL fans have claimed Arsenal's Bernd Leno suffering a horrific injury against Brighton in June 2020 was the "moment the entire footballing timeline changed".<\/p>\n
Leno's injury caused by Brighton's Neal Maupay marked a turning point in the career of second-choice Gunners keeper Emiliano Martinez – who went on to win the World Cup last year.<\/p>\n
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Arsenal's fateful trip to Brighton may have ended in a 2-1 defeat but the game gave the limelight to Martinez.<\/p>\n
One fan pinpointed that "this singular event changed the whole footballing timeline".<\/p>\n
Before that game, the Argentine had been a back-up shot-stopper for the Gunners for a decade and made as many Premier League appearances – six – as he'dhad loan spells.<\/p>\n
In 2020 he never even played for Argentina but in the first half of Arsenal's defeat at Brighton, Maupay's awkward clash with Leno changed everything for the 31-year-old.<\/p>\n