In Brief

Howard, Navas, Cesar – hero goalkeepers of the World Cup in pictures

The goals have dried up but the likes of Howard, Ochoa, Cesar, M'Bohli have excelled

2 Jul 2014

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From Julio Cesar to Tim Howard and Rais M'Bohli, the outstanding performers of the knockout stages have been in goal

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Tim Howard, USA

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Victor Enyeama, Nigeria

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Manuel Neuer, Germany

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Rais M'Bohli, Algeria

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Keylor Navas, Costa Rica

stunning save

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Guillermo Ochoa, Mexico

man-of-the-match performance

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Claudio Bravo, Chile

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Julio Cesar, Brazil

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View from the terraces

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