"If anything, it was Chelsea's midfield that kept them in the game."
http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-193153.0.html
"...their speed and movement was initially too much for a Chelsea outfit, whose experience was about the only thing that kept them in the game."
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=213572&cc=5739
"Wigan’s high work rate kept them in the game until the half-time break ..."
http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/wigan-crumble-under-chelsea...
"Yes arsenal are playing well but they are still leaky and if anything they are still flattering to deceive in games where the teams go for the draw, their improvement in set pieces is what has kept them in the game more then anything else."
http://epl.theoffside.com/clubs/arsenal/celebrating-arsenals...
Żaden z ww cytatów nie odnosi się do bramkarza. A są dziesiątki innych przykładów, co daje wystarczający mandat do użycia zwrotu w kontekście innym niz tylko parady bramkarzy.