England captain Steven Gerrard believes goalkeeper Joe Hart could prove the decisive influence as his team attempts to end their quarter-final curse against Italy here Sunday. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/joehart.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 542px; " /> England goalkeeper Joe Hart makes an acrobatic save against Ukraine during the ongoing Euro 2012 in Donetsk recently. Gerrard said the in-form Hart is poised to become recognised as the world&rsquo;s best goalkeeper in future and may well tip Sunday&rsquo;s Euro 2012 battle with the Azzurri in England&rsquo;s favour.u00a0&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got one of the best goalkeepers in the world and eventually he will go on to be the best in the world,&rdquo; Gerrard said of Hart. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/jun/gerr_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 437px; " /> England skipper Steven Gerrard &ldquo;His performances so far in the tournament have been fantastic. He&rsquo;s going to be one of our key players tomorrow night. We need Joe to perform to his maximum level because at some time in the game, or maybe in extra-time or even penalties he&rsquo;s going to be called upon to make a fantastic save &mdash; and we all trust he can do that.&rdquo; England head into Sunday&rsquo;s tie at Kiev in buoyant mood after topping Group D ahead of highly rated France. A five-match unbeaten streak since Roy Hodgson became manager last month has fuelled belief that England could reach the semi-finals here.

England skipper says goalkeeper Joe will have a crucial role to play in Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy  

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