Joe Hart: England keeper lauded as world class save sees him compared to Three Lions legend Gordon Banks

JOE HART saved England from more humiliation with a world-class display.

The keeper — axed by Manchester City — produced a string of stops that brought back memories of Gordon Banks’ show against Brazil at the 1970 World Cup.

Hart admitted after his heroics: “My body is in pieces. I will struggle to get up in the morning.”

While Banks denied Pele, Hart thwarted Jasmin Kurtic — blocking the Slovenian midfielder’s close-range header with his left hand, then clawing the ball away with his right after 47 minutes.

The keeper, on loan at Torino, needed lengthy treatment after smashing into the frame of the goal.

Legendary commentator John Motson said: “Had it not been for Hart, England would have lost.

“His stop off Jasmin Kurtic was like Gordon Banks from Pele, one of the great saves by an England goalkeeper.”