Manchester United’s Mary Earps has claimed the Women’s Super League golden glove accolade after keeping 13 clean sheets this season, adding another honour to her growing list.
She collected the FIFA Best award earlier in the year and has been a consistently strong performer for a United side who still have title ambitions heading into the final day.
Teammate Maya Le Tissier told MEN Sport what it has been like to play in front of Earps for both club and country. “I’m so confident when she plays behind me I think if one gets past me, which obviously I try my best not to let that happen but I’m like ‘ah Mary’s got it anyway,’” she said with a smile. “But it's nice to be so confident in the person you have behind you to speak up if anything gets through us, but we try to make Mary’s life as easy as possible trying not to let any shots go towards her goal.
Mary’s such a good part of the team and brings so much experience as well.” The 30-year-old has been in phenomenal form this season conceding only 12 goals in 21 games, the lowest of the WSL.