With Arsenal not signing a new goalkeeper during the summer transfer window, reserve goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski will surely be looking to feature more in goal for the Gunners.

Speaking to Arsenal TV Online, the Polish International spoke about the day he decided to become a goalkeeper, a 9-year old kid watching the World Cup Finals in TV and getting struck by the agility and quick feet of Italy’s Gianluca Pagliuca. Although it was Luca Marcheggiani in goal for Italy, the 25-year old remembers the game against Nigeria as the one after which he went out with his friends to play and wanting to be a goalkeeper.

Sampdoria-keeper Pagliuca did feature for Italy in the 1994 Finals but was sent off against Norway for handling outside his area in the early rounds, only to make his comeback from the quarter-finals onwards to help Italy reach the final, then lost against Brasil.

Fabianski also spoke about how he feels when he makes mistakes, saying it hurts but explaining how it is important to raise your head and recover as quickly as possible, something which he does thanks to the support of his team mates who are always there to help him.

On his childhood memories and ahead of this season, Fabianski said:

I was watching the 1994 World Cup, Italy’s Gianluca Pagliuca. I don’t really know what I admired in him back then but I never really liked tall goalkeepers who are not agile and quick but he was the complete opposite, very quick and agile and I really liked that.

I think it was the Italy versus Nigeria game with Italy winning in extra time. Immediately after the game we went out to play and I went straight into the goal and that was it.

[On mistakes] It hurts but you have to recover as quickly as possible. Here in Arsenal we have great players, a great atmosphere, everyone is always supporting everyone, even when I had a bad time, everyone was good to me, supporting me.