Premier League Photo of the Decade
The photo is from the Premier League web site Ten Seasons Awards section.
It is such a great illustration of the empathy (if not outright identification) of the sports fan with the athlete, all the more evident in English soccer because of the unique proximity of the stands to the fields.
I think I recognize Fowler, Owen and Heskey for Liverpool. After some search, i think the keeper is Massimo Taibi in his brief, who had a troubled cameo as Manchester United goalie.
How ironic would it be if he ended up in the photo of the decade …