Gillingham goalkeeper Jake Turner saved Dom Telford’s penalty in the League 2 win over Crawley Town

Jake Turner’s penalty save for Gillingham proved crucial at Crawley on Saturday and he wasn’t short of advice on which way to go.

The Gills keeper had already decided dive right if Dom Telford was to take a penalty after doing his pre-match homework - but when his team-mate and former Crawley striker Tom Nichols pointed which way to go he was well prepared to make the save.

Nichols played together with Telford at Crawley last season, before his move to the Gills, and the two were also at Bristol Rovers together.

When Telford stepped up to take a 15th-minute penalty, Turner had all the information he needed and the skills to make the save, before then getting up to also deny Danilo Orsi with the follow-up.

“I didn’t really think it was a penalty,” he said, after Cheye Alexander was penalised for handball. “It was a bit harsh, it was close to Cheye, his arm was close to his side, it did hit his hand and with the new rules these days anything can be given.

“Nico has played with Dom before and he gave me a little point and I went with him, luckily I went the right way and kept it out.

“We had done a bit of video analysis on it with Des (Deren Ibrahim the goalkeeper coach) who showed me the previous ones, which we do for every game, so I just picked that way, luckily I got to save it.

“I was going to go to my right, you take in little things like the position of his feet and stuff like that when he steps up to it, but when Nico said go right as well, then I was always going to go that way.”

Turner is currently first-choice for the Gills, having played second-fiddle to Glenn Morris last term. He was, however, in goal for the club during their impressive run in the cups.

He enjoyed penalty shoot-out wins over Exeter City and