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VIDEO: Robert Green thwarts Alexis Sanchez's penalty

Eddie Keogh / Reuters

Queens Park Rangers 'keeper Robert Green is still doing everything he can to make people forget his career-defining howler from the 2010 World Cup.

After Arsenal were awarded a penalty in the eighth minute of their Boxing Day fixture versus QPR, Green delivered an excellent diving stop on Alexis Sanchez, who took the penalty in place of the injured Mikel Arteta.

Sanchez misses the chance to make arsenal go one up great save green ???⚽️⚽️

The miss brought an end to Arsenal's impressive streak of converted penalties ...

... and perhaps someone other than Sanchez should have stepped up to the spot.

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