I like the way the dog didn't stand rooted to the spot and watch the ball fly into the top (or bottom) corner. It seemed to have an uncanny ability to anticipate where the ball was going and the manual dexterity and flexibility to dive in the direction the ball was heading and deflect it outside of the perimeter of the goalmouth, thus preventing the opposition team from scoring!
If Nottingham Forest research scientists can work on honing this type of native animal behaviour and can create a technology that allows teaching these innately canine tendencies to human beings, then perhaps we will be able to finally develop a cure for "the ball not heading in a trajectory directly toward the hands of the goalkeeper and therefore going into the net" syndrome?