Obituary: Alex Manninger, goalkeeping understudy who helped Arsenal win the double
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Obituary: Alex Manninger, goalkeeping understudy who helped Arsenal win the double

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Alex Manninger, who has died aged 48 after his car was hit by a train, was an Austrian goalkeeper who played for more than a dozen clubs, including Liverpool and Juventus, chiefly as a reserve, but who was best remembered for stepping up splendidly in 1998 to help Arsenal to win the double.