Hart is the best keeper in the world... he'll be back soon, insists Szczesny

Hart is the best keeper in the world... he'll be back soon, insists Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny has given Joe Hart a much-needed boost by hailing the under-fire Manchester City star as the best goalkeeper in the world.
Hart has lost his place in the City line-up to Costel Pantilimon after a series of high-profile gaffes - and his England spot is also under threat from Fraser Forster.
But Arsenal keeper Szczesny reckons Hart's dip in form can be explained by his relative youth - he is 26-years-old - and that he will soon enjoy a rturn to the form that saw him widely considered among the world's best.

Benched: Joe Hart had lost his place in Manchester City's starting XI after an error-prone season

Loyal: Two City supporters show their backing for England's No 1 at Sunderland last Sunday

Szczesny is a friend of Hart's and he said: 'I personally rate him as one of the best, if not the best, goalkeepers in the world.
'Age has this thing where you are not as consistent as an older goalkeeper (is).
'You look at Petr Cech and he has been amazingly consistent over the last four or five years, but at 25 you don’t have that. So it makes it more exciting.
'Forget the last couple of weeks where it has been very difficult for him and he has been dropped. I suppose everybody has got to go through that.

Hart and Pantillimon vying for No 1 jersey in training

Goalkeepers' union: Arsenal No 1 Wojciech Szczesny has given his backing to Hart

In the wars: Szczesny was concussed during this clash with Manchester United's Phil Jones on Sunday

'Over the last couple of years he was the most consistent and one of the best – it is hard to say the best – goalkeepers in the world and I am sure that he will prove that to people even though he has had some difficult times.'
Hart made his name during City's charge to the Premier League title in 2012 but has not been selected by Manuel Pellegrini since his mistake gifted Fernando Torres a late winning goal at Chelsea last month.
That gaffe followed other glaring errors in the defeats at Cardiff and against Bayern Munich at the Etihad Stadium this season. And the Shrewsbury-born ace was also at fault for Scotland's opening goal at Wembley in August, when James Morrison's long-range shot beat him at the near post.

Calamity keeper: Hart gifted Fernando Torres a late winning goal at Chelsea last month

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