West Ham's Adrian leads the praise for Joe Hart after stunning England performance in Slovenia

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Vaishali Bhardwaj12 October 2016

West Ham goalkeeper Adrian was full of praise for Joe Hart after the England shot-stopper made a string of fine saves to help the Three Lions secure a point in Slovenia on Tuesday.

Hart, who is spending the season on loan at Torino after being deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City, put in a man-of-the-match performance in the World Cup qualifier in Ljubljana, which ended 0-0.

The 29-year-old first came to Eric Dier's aid after he raced out to retrieve the Tottenham midfielder's backpass which had been intercepted by the opposition before making a phenomenal stop to keep out Jasmin Kurtic's header.

Such were his heroics that Hammers goalkeeper Adrian took to Twitter during England's game to hail Hart and his performance in Slovenia.

"Joe Hart. #Onfire #Respect #goalkeeper," he wrote on the social media website.

Former England and Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was also full of praise for Hart, writing on Twitter: Great performance Joe Hart!!#MOM".

Speaking about his own performance after the game, Hart admitted he put his body on the line to help England salvage a draw but revealed it was probably his best game for the national side for some time.

"[It was] my best one [England game] in a while," Hart told ITV Sport.

"My body is in absolute pieces. I think I'm going to struggle to get up tomorrow. I just did everything I could to keep it out.

"I don't know what happened. I've just seen it [the replay] now - it hurt though!"

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