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Blackpool goalkeeper Chris Maxwell returns from Covid to become FA Cup hero by saving three penalties in shoot-out against West Brom as League One side progress to the fourth round

Daily Mail | January 9, 2021

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Blackpool goalkeeper Chris Maxwell returned from Covid to become their FA Cup penalty shoot-out hero against Premier League West Brom.

Maxwell saved spot-kicks from Kyle Edwards, Darnell Furnell and Matheus Pereira having been off for a week over Christmas and missed two games after suffering with illness.

‘It was awful. I was lying in bed for three days, not only feeling bad because a few symptoms hit me hard but also missing football.

Chris Maxwell returned from Covid to become their FA Cup penalty shoot-out hero against Premier League West Brom
The goalkeeper saved three penalties in the shoo-out as the League One side were victorious
The shot-stopper said he had been hit hard by the virus but was delighted to get back on the pitch

‘It was nice to come through it and be back in the fold.

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