Eleven saves. Three goals conceded. A 3-3 scoreline that never let either goalkeeper settle. In a Carabao Cup tie that swung end to end, it was Peterborough United's Alex Bass who left the sharpest mark, even with his name absent from the scoresheet.
Bass was rated 8.0 for his night's work against Barnsley, a number that tells its own story when set against the concession column. Three goals went past him, but eleven times he stood in the way of more, repeatedly dragging his side back into a game that threatened to slip away.
A Busy Night Between the Posts
Games that finish 3-3 rarely flatter a goalkeeper's numbers, yet Bass's shot-stopping was the difference between a heavy defeat and a share of the points. Eleven saves is a heavy workload for any keeper in a single match, and it points to a Barnsley side that kept testing him from start to finish.
Peterborough will have taken plenty from the attacking end of a six-goal thriller, but it was the goalkeeper who ensured they were still level rather than chasing the game. Without those interventions, the final scoreline could have looked very different.
The result leaves both sides with plenty to review going forward, but for Peterborough the individual takeaway is clear: Bass gave his side a platform to compete when the game was stretched wide open.