Ranking the 5 best Arsenal goalkeepers of all-time

2. Jens Lehmann

Arsenal’s German Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann gestures during their Premier League match against Reading at the Emirates Stadium in North London, on April 19, 2008. (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

German shot-stopper Jens Lehmann was between the sticks as Arsenal completed their historic Invincibles campaign in 2003/04. He played in every Premier League match that season and was subsequently awarded the Golden Glove award.

After joining from Borussia Dortmund the previous summer, Lehmann couldn’t have asked for a better debut season.

Inconsistency plagued his 2004/05 campaign but he had a huge say in Arsenal’s 2005 FA Cup victory; saving from Paul Scholes in their penalty shootout triumph over Manchester United in the final.

Lehmann carried on that momentum into the 2005/06 season, which was arguably his best in an Arsenal shirt. The German helped the Gunners reach their first-ever Champions League final as he notched a record ten consecutive clean sheets and didn’t concede a goal for a staggering 853 minutes in the competition. Despite the bitter end to Arsenal’s European journey, Lehmann was still named UEFA’s Goalkeeper of the Year.

The German’s career in north London slowly petered out before he departed in 2008, but his apex was as good as anything we’ve seen.

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