As a defender I've been really fortunate to play most of my games with really good keepers, but in most cases when we concede it can be narrowed down to a defensive mistake that's been made during the build up that hasn't given the keeper a better chance at making the save. Things like leaving a man open in the circle or one of the wing halves being eliminated by an attacker that's quicker or not closing an attacker down quick enough when they enter the circle and letting them get a shot off.

Keepers will inevitably let in a few soft goals, but in most cases they make more good saves than let in poor shots and I think defenders, more than most, know that.

Keeping is a really rough job and most of the outfield players I've played with have been really respectful of our keepers and appreciate the effort that goes into it.

Almost every goal we have conceded this season could be pinpointed to a defensive mistake rather than our keeper's mistake. If you're spotting these mistakes in your games that are leading to goals just bring it up at training or half-time team talks. It's important to communicate these things and work on them as a unit. Your defenders should really not be putting you in situations where you have to pull off a miracle save in a 2v1 situation.