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Manchester United loanee Radek Vitek put in an outstanding display as is his FC Blau-Weiß Linz side impressively beat Rapid Wien 1-0 away from home.
The Czech keeper has been in imperious form all season and picked up another clean sheet, his fourth of the season, putting him in third place in the race for the Austrian Golden Glove award.
The 21 year old has shown great maturity and mettle to recover from a relatively serious injury earlier in the season to become one of Linz’s best performers in the campaign.
The home side had 69% of the ball and 14 shots to the visitor’s 10, as they held on for a crucial victory which saw them rise to fifth in the table.
Vitek was given a hugely impressive rating of 8.7 by Sofascore and was awarded the player of the match.
He made five saves during the contest, including four from inside his own box.
The Czech keeper also showed his ability to dominate the box as he made six punches and took two high claims to alleviate the pressure from his defence.
He also won his only aerial duel of the match and made six clearances to preserve his clean sheet.
The 21 year old was not so useful with his feet in this match as he only had a passing accuracy percentage of 45%, completing 14 out of his 31 passes.
The youngster also only connected with four out of his 20 long ball attempts.
Rapid Wien are one of the biggest names in Austrian football and sit 3rd in the league table, so Vitek will be mightily content with his Sunday’s work.
The United youngster who has been compared to Oliver Kahn and Peter Schmeichel in the past, will only see his reputation grow if he continues to put in monstrous performances such as this.
He will next be in action when his side welcome SK Austria Klagenfurt to the Donauparkstadion on Sunday.
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