Football’s a team game, isn’t it? Eleven players, fighting for one another on the pitch for a result that the group can be proud of.

So after Ronald Koeman’s Everton ground out a brilliant point at the Etihad, we might as well declare the entire Toffees team the MEN of the match, yes?

Wrong. All credit goes to one man: Maarten Stekelenburg.

Man City 1-1 Everton FT:
Shots: 18-3
Pass accuracy: 87%-63%
Chances created: 14-2
Possession: 64%-36%
Maarten Stekelenburg the hero. pic.twitter.com/qe5u0VfsfN

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) October 15, 2016

Great, great point. Stekelenburg MOTM, nobody comes close. Amazing show from him.

— Boss Rarkley (@ToffeeTweeter) October 15, 2016

The reason why? Well, much can be attributed to the Dutch goalkeeper’s penalty heroics.

SAVED! Man City's Kevin De Bruyne has his penalty saved by Stekelenburg!!

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) October 15, 2016

43' Superb from Stekelenburg to deny De Bruyne from the spot after Jagielka had been harshly judged to have tripped Silva. 0-0. #EFCawayday

— Everton (@Everton) October 15, 2016

PENALTY SAVED – STEKELENBURG pushes DE BRUYNE's spot-kick away
Man City 0-0- Everton (44 mins) #MCIEVE #FPL

— FPL (@OfficialFPL) October 15, 2016

Great stuff, and worthy of a bonus maybe. But old Stekelenburg wasn’t done.

54. Chances at both ends as Bravo saves brilliantly from Deulofeu and @67Kelechi sees his flick stopped by Stekelenburg. (0-0) #cityvefc

— Manchester City (@ManCity) October 15, 2016

More great work from the man with the gloves, who at this stage was moving towards man of the match contention.

And then Everton conceded another penalty. How clumsy. Maarten couldn’t save a second, could he?

Maarten Stekelenburg! Two penalty saves today.

— James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN) October 15, 2016

Wow Stekelenburg is on fire! 🔥🔥🔥
Two penalty saves against Aguero and De Bruyne!!

— Keeper Portal (@KeeperPortal) October 15, 2016

Stekelenburg saves again! Almost an identical save, this time Aguero…he misses a fair few penalties, doesn't he?

— Michael Cox (@Zonal_Marking) October 15, 2016

TWO penalty saves? That’s almost unheard of. Almost.

2 – Maarten Stekelenburg has saved two penalties against Man City; the eighth occasion a GK has done so in a single PL game. Specialist.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 15, 2016

Oh, and then Maarten saw fit to make another wondrous save to deny City all three points.

82' WHAT A SAVE! Stekelenburg is having a stunning game, as he gets fingertips to a fierce drive by De Bruyne. 1-1. #EFCawayday

— Everton (@Everton) October 15, 2016

Not bad.

Stekelenburg showing why Koeman was right to make him No 1. #efc yet to concede more than once in a league game this season. #stingy

— Paul Brown (@pbsportswriter) October 15, 2016

When you’re earning comparisons with one of the great goalkeepers of all time…

Another really good save from Stekelenburg. He's really channeled his inner Lev Yashin today.

— City Watch (@City_Watch) October 15, 2016

…you know you’re doing something right.