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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

'Amazing, best shot-stopper ever!' - These Spurs supporters loved UEFA's tribute to Hugo Lloris

Tottenham Hotspur captain Hugo Lloris has certainly come in for his fair share of criticism this season, but there's no denying that he's made a number of vital contributions.

In terms of mistakes, there's been a few high-profile ones but perhaps none more so that the one against Chelsea last month.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was of the opinion that Lloris was at fault for Kieran Trippier's own goal which gave the Blues a 2-0 lead at Stamford Bridge.

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"As a defender, in the defender’s union, I blame the goalkeeper," he said on BT Sport. "Edwin Van Der Sar got an earful.

"Olivier Giroud got a great assist. Here you can see he looks Trippier, his head goes down, and he doesn’t look again.

"He sees the goalkeeper on his line, head to the left head to the right, goalkeeper is on his line, keep the distance between where you are so there’s no problem. And then you can clear the ball.

"The moment Lloris comes off his line, where there is no pressure on Trippier at all, you confuse the whole situation and then you get an own goal.

"Communication on both goals is missing.

"Lloris can see everything there, scream at your defender and take over the situation and you don’t have mistakes like that."

With that said, the French World Cup winner did pull off one of the saves of the season in the Champions League round of 16 second leg clash against Borussia Dortmund, earning some plaudits from UEFA in the process.

The video clip has delighted a number of Spurs supporters on social media.

Take a look at the best responses on Twitter...

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