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Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez is never short of detractors. And his latest comes from Chile, in the form of Roberto Rojas.

Red Gol have comments from him today in which he argues that Chile’s Claudio Bravo is better than the Argentine World Cup winner. Yes, that’s Claudio Bravo who flopped in the Premier League with Manchester City.

Martínez made headlines this weekend for a glaring error in the loss to Liverpool. The Aston Villa goalkeeper played a pass directly to Mohamed Salah to open the scoring in simple fashion. Liverpool went on to win 2-0 after that.

It was a low moment for a goalkeeper who has established himself as one of the best in recent years. Indeed, alongside winning the World Cup, he’s won the Yashin Trophy and The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper on two separate occasions.

They were recognition for his excellent performances for Aston Villa and Argentina in recent years. For some, he is undisputably the best goalkeeper in the world as a result.

Rojas, though, is having none of that. And he believes that Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is better by a distance.

“Technically, Claudio Bravo is far better. Dibu Martínez uses his height...

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