Antonin Kinsky review, from a goalkeeper with 514 Premier League appearances

Mark Schwarzer admits that Antonin Kinsky will not want to re-watch the mistake he made against Aston Villa, but the Premier League legend came to the defence of the Tottenham youngster and revealed his early impression of the goalkeeper.

Antonin Kinsky’s howler cost Tottenham… but

Kinsky has shown plenty of promise during his first month at Tottenham, but the Czech goalkeeper has also had some nervy moments.

The youngster was at fault for Aston Villa’s first-minute opener in the FA Cup clash on Sunday, failing to stop what was a fairly tame effort from Jacob Ramsey.

It has to be said that the 21-year-old improved as the game went on and came up with plenty of important saves to keep Spurs in the tie.

Unfortunately, it was not enough to stop Tottenham from getting knocked out of the competition, with Unai Emery’s men emerging 2-1 winners.

Mark Schwarzer provides verdict on Antonin Kinsky

Schwarzer admitted that Kinsky’s error at Villa Park was an extremely poor one and suggested that it was down to the fact the young goalkeeper is being exposed to such a high-pressure environment for the first time.

The former Middlesbrough and Chelsea shot-stopper revealed that despite Kinsky’s mistake on Sunday, he has generally been impressed with what he has seen of the former Slavia Prague man so far.

When asked about Kinsky’s error against Villa, Schwarzer said on the Seaman Says podcast: “Terrible. Obviously, it’s a mistake. I think it’s one of those ones where obviously, he’s very young, he’s just come in, it’s a big step up for him, it’s a big environment.

“There’s so much pressure on Tottenham, there’s so much pressure on the manager, I think there’s so much negativity about, it eventually takes effect on players.

“It’s like you feel the pressure eventually and then one mistake and it becomes almost like…For 15 minutes afterwards, he looked like a bag of nerves, he almost let one go underneath his feet and then the team looked all over the place. It took him 15 minutes to get back in the game.

“But I think Kinsky, I like what I’ve seen of him so far. Yes, he’s made a couple of mistakes and that one certainly yes, that was the biggest one, but I still like what I’ve seen from him so far.”

Kinsky is very young for a goalkeeper

Goalkeepers generally do not tend to break into the first-team at the highest level until their mid-twenties and many of them do not reach their peak until they hit their thirties.

Kinsky is still extremely young and inexperienced for a goalkeeper and would have not experienced anything like the big stage that he has currently been thrust into at Spurs.

The 21-year-old comes across as an extremely confident young man and he will be better for this experience.

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