Grobbelaar jury gets action replay

WINCHESTER - The jury hearing the retrial of three soccer stars who face match-fixing allegations were shown excerpts of goalmouth…

WINCHESTER - The jury hearing the retrial of three soccer stars who face match-fixing allegations were shown excerpts of goalmouth incidents involving Bruce Grobbelaar yesterday.

Jury members saw the 39-year-old Zimbabwean international make two saves when he played for Liverpool when they drew with Manchester United 3-3 in January, 1994.

The jury has been told that, mentioning the Manchester United game, Grobbelaar said he lost £125,000 when he instinctively made two "blinding saves". The goalkeeper agreed on the tape a save against Norwich had come when the ball hit his feet.

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