'Coolest thing I've ever seen on a football pitch' – Crawley goalkeeper wows fans as he prevents crazy own goal

07/05/2024 21:39

Crawley Town’s Corey Addai has left fans in awe after stopping his side from conceding a wild own goal with incredible composure.

The Red Devils and MK Dons were made to wait an extra day for their League Two play-off semi-final first leg after their initial match was postponed, but the first half action was certainly worth the wait.

Liam Kelly netted his fifth of the campaign to put his side 1-0 in the opening five minutes.

But it wasn’t long before Kelly left his goalkeeper chasing down an accidental effort on his own goal as he tried to send the ball away back to him, only for it to take flight and head goal-bound.

Luckily for Kelly, Addai was alert to the mishit clearance and dashed back to his goal line to stop the ball hitting the back of the net.

But fans have been left in amazement at just how the ex-Arsenal youth player stopped the ball and spared his teammate’s blushes.

Instead of simply running and catching it, Addai ran to the ball before hooking it away from danger with his right foot and calmly passing it beyond the on-rushing MK Dons players.

“Corey Addai just did maybe the coolest thing I've ever seen on a football pitch,” one fan wrote on X, reacting to the moment.

“Calm as you like from Corey Addai,” another said.

A third, referring to the Crawley goalkeeper playing so high up the pitch, said: “This goalkeeper is so entertaining, spends more time as a RB (right-back) than in goal.”

Kelly, who had his hands on his head as he watched his mishit pass fly towards goal, could be seen thanking his goalkeeper afterwards.

Jay Williams then eased any nerves by adding another goal before the break to put Crawley 2-0 up and one step closer to the final at Wembley.