Serie A 2018-19, SSC Lazio 1-2 Juventus: Five Talking Points

#2 All hail Savior Szczesny!

Szczesny was like an impenetrable wall in Juve's defense

In a team fraught with big names and glamorous stars, Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is like an outlier.

But he too has his days. And today was one of them. The Polish international was perhaps the only Juventus player at his best, coming up trumps against Lazio even while they threw the kitchen sink.

Especially in the first half with the Blancocelesti launching a blitzkrieg, Szczesny kept the visitors in the match with some of his best goalkeeping for the season.

The highlight though was the block he made just minutes before half-time to deny Marco Parolo from a beautiful curl he launched.

And even though he was considerably relaxed after the break, there were moments in the dying embers when Lazio once again came at it, but the 28-year old stood tall and firm. There was little he could do about Can's own goal, though.

In all, he made five saves in what was a man of the match performance from the former Arsenal shot-stopper.