Emi Martinez: Is the Aston Villa goalkeeper the best in the world?

Aston Villa's penalty shoot-out hero Emi Martinez has been hailed as the "best goalkeeper in the world" by former Villa hero Lee Hendrie - but is he right?

Villa beat Lille on penalties to make the Europa Conference League semi-finals after some Martinez heroics in the shoot-out.

Hendrie, who was covering the game for Sky Sports News, raved at full-time, declaring: "Martinez is the main man. It's unbelievable. He's the best goalkeeper in the world. I can't believe Arsenal let him go. Villa into the semi-finals. Let's have it.

"The big players turn up in the big moments. The fans gave him no end of stick.

"He gave them a Ricky Gervais dance at the end. I'm thrilled for the club and for Martinez. That's the way to silence the crowd."

Is Hendrie right? Sky Sports' Gerard Brand and Lewis Jones debate whether or not Martinez is the best on the planet....

Sky Sports' Gerard Brand:

"Hendrie is right, Martinez is the best in the world. He hasn't shown any weaknesses to his game over a sustained period. His shot-stopping and aerial ability is obviously outstanding. His passing is fantastic, too. He is the epitome of Unai Emery's style of play of refusing to go long, starting attacks deep and being able to play through the press.

"But there's more to Martinez which makes him unique. He has an ego about him that seems to resonate throughout the defence, and that helps when trying to play Emery's way, which requires a huge amount of bravery with the high-line. Being the last line of defence, you need someone to rely on, someone that can get you out of bother and Martinez is that guy. He steps up on the big occasion. The bigger the game, the bigger the performance.

"Last night in the last minute of extra-time he put his foot on the ball to