West Ham's Roberto joins Karius & others in EPL's goalkeeping hall of infamy

Social media was abuzz on Saturday after another calamity performance by West Ham's Spanish goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez in their defeat to London rivals Tottenham.

Quite a few fans suggested Roberto was the worst keeper the Premier League has ever seen after he showed a complete lack of penalty box authority and misjudgments for the three Spurs goals.

It comes to something when your own supporters cheer ironically every time you do manage to collect the ball cleanly.

But the good news for Roberto is that he is far from the first Premier League keeper to be panned and we take a look at a few others memorable for all the wrong reasons.

MASSIMO TAIBI

Taibi could well have enjoyed a spectacular career but unfortunately he'll be forever remembered for probably the worst keeping error of the Premier League era.

The Italian earned the unflattering nickname 'The Blind Venetian' after he inexplicably allowed a shot by Southampton's Matthew Le Tissier to sneak between his legs during a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford in September 1999.

With Manchester United in their scary post-Peter Schmeichel hinterland, it wasn't an encouraging moment, especially when Taibi then shipped five in another shocker at Chelsea a week later.

In the end, he only played four matches for United which, really, was more than enough.

ADAM BOGDAN

Hungarian keeper Bogdan must have thought he'd reached the pinnacle of his career when he signed for Liverpool in the summer of 2015 as an understudy to Simon Mignolet.

But when handed his Premier League debut at Watford in December, he dropped a corner after just three minutes to allow Nathan Ake to score the first in a 3-0 defeat.

Later that season, he was embarrassingly beaten directly from a Lee Holmes corner kick as Liverpool drew with Exeter City in the FA Cup.

Jurgen Klopp wasted little time in getting rid of him.

PETER ENCKELMAN

Rarely has one momentarily lapse in concentration come to define a player's career.

Aston Villa keeper Peter Enckelman was perhaps just unlucky his blunder, allowing an Olof Mellberg throw in to dribble under his foot and into the net, came in a hotly-contested derby against Birmingham City in 2002.

After that, there was never going to be a way back for the Finland international, who was pretty much disowned by the Villa support.

LIONEL PEREZ

A classic 'eccentric' keeper who attained cult hero status at Sunderland despite often leaving everyone in a state of panic after completely missing a cross.

The Frenchman had a penchant for unorthodox saves, usually with his feet, and often struggled to communicate with the defenders in front of him.

He's also remembered for his poor positioning to allow Eric Cantona to score his famous chip at Old Trafford in the 1996-97 season, a season that saw Sunderland drop out the top-flight.

And in another bizarre twist, Perez made the move to Sunderland's bitter rivals Newcastle shortly after their relegation.

KOSTAS CHALKIAS

The Greek's stay in the Premier League with Portsmouth was short-lived and there's good reason for that.

Signed in January 2005, he was thrown in at the deep end in an FA Cup tie against fierce rivals Southampton, which they lost 2-1.

It soon became apparent that Chalkias was pretty wild in his positioning and decision-making, with mistakes in a 3-0 loss at Arsenal seeing him lose his place to Jamie Ashdown.

STEPHEN BYWATER

At the start of the 2007-08 season, with Derby County returning to the Premier League, their keeper Stephen Bywater expressed his ambitions to be selected for England.

Unfortunately, after conceding 41 goals in the first-half of the season alone, enough to leave the Rams rooted to the bottom of the table, those aspirations had to be shelved.

Indeed, Derby decided that the best thing they could do with Bywater was to loan him to Championship side Ipswich for the remainder of the season. Ouch.

LORIS KARIUS

When Karius was signed by Liverpool in May 2016, it was expected the German would establish himself as their No 1 ahead of Mignolet.

Unfortunately, he proved one of the most gaffe-prone keepers the Premier League has ever seen, regularly spilling the ball and getting his positioning wrong.

Karius, of course, cost Liverpool the 2018 Champions League final with two horrendous mistakes and his career really hasn't recovered since.

ROY CARROLL

Continuing the Bywater tale, he was replaced at Derby that January by Roy Carroll, the experienced Northern Irish keeper who'd also played for Hull, Wigan, Man United and West Ham.

Unfortunately, things didn't improve at all and the Rams were relegated by the humiliating margin of 25 points at the end of the season. Carroll let in 37 goals in just 14 games.

Carroll is also remembered for spilling a speculative shot by Tottenham's Pedro Mendes when he was in goal for Man United in January 2005.

The ball was at least a yard over the line but, in those days before goal-line technology, it somehow wasn't given by the referee.

HEURELHO GOMES

While it's true that Brazilian keeper Gomes has redeemed his reputation significantly at Watford, his time with Tottenham is best remembered for a succession of howlers.

There was a shocking own goal conceded at Fulham in November 2008 and allowed a Frank Lampard shot to slip through his legs in the grudge match with Chelsea in April 2011.

He was capable of making some outstanding saves, but unfortunately it's the errors that are more likely to stick in the memory.

ANDY MARRIOTT

Another Premier League keeper haunted by a single moment. Andy Marriott made just the one appearance for Birmingham City and that's because he was well and truly mugged by Tottenham's Robbie Keane.

Marriott put the ball down to take a goal kick and didn't notice that Keane was lurking behind him. The Irishman cheekily nicked the ball and scored.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce said Marriott would be 'forever haunted' by the mistake and his career descended into a lower league plunge afterwards.