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JORDAN PICKFORD was arguably the goalkeeper of the World Cup -and he enhanced his reputation once again with a wonder save today.

England were 1-0 down to Belgium as the game moved into the last ten minutes when Pickford chose his moment to shine.

Thomas Meunier caught the ball on the volley, and seemed to be set to bag his second of the gameCredit: Reuters

But Jordan Pickford was on hand to make another world class saveCredit: PA:Press Association

England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford enhanced his reputation yet further with a brilliant one-handed saveCredit: AP:Associated Press

Dries Mertens pinged the ball into Thomas Meunier in the box, and for all intents and purposes the victory was about to be sealed.

But his stinging volley was somehow kept out by Pickford with a stunning right-handed save.

It was a superb counter-atack from Belgium involving Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne and Mertens before Pickford put forward his own contender for 'save of the tournament'.

Unfortunately for England, that piece of brilliance in the end counted for little, as Eden netted just a minute later to seal a 2-0 win and a third-place finish in the World Cup.

Jordan Pickford, like England, has made a lot of friends this summer out in RussiaCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Meunier himself had scored the game's opening goal as he got in front of Danny Rose to score after just four minutes.

Pickford took the plaudits for England in their round of 16 penalty shoot-out victory against Colombia - but not for his spot-kick save of Carlos Bacca.

With just seconds of the game in normal time remaining, the Everton stopped threw a hand out at Mateus Uribe's stunning 30-yard effort that pushed the ball over the bar.

For many that was the save of the tournament, but now there might just be another contender.