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Sunderland keeper Mignolet relives amazing Man City save

Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet admits he's proud of his wonder save in victory over Manchester City.

With just five minutes remaining, Emmanuel Adebayor flicked Micah Richards' knock-down towards goal, only to be denied by a flying save from Mignolet, who somehow turned the ball over the crossbar.

Sunderland, of course, went on to win the game thanks to Darren Bent's penalty, leaving Mignolet to reflect on a satisfying afternoon.

"It is a dream come true for me at 22 years of age to come in and win a game like this," he told safc.com.

"It was a great day for me. I had some saves to make and one difficult one as well.

"I saw the ball at the last minute so I didn't have much time to think about it. The ball came towards me and all I could do in the time was try to get something on it.

"Sometimes you do something you're not aware of and I think that save was one of those times.

"It was one of the most important saves I have ever made. If that ball had gone in we would not have won that game.

"To see your team creating chances after that and going on to win is the most amazing feeling you can imagine as a goalkeeper."

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