After being denied a penalty for handball by John Terry in the box, Manchester
United conceded a penalty at Stamford Bridge when Zhirkov went down in t...
Not exact matches
According to the Daily Cannon, since season 2008/09 of the top seven clubs in the Premier League ie Man City, Man
United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal and Everton, Arsenal have been awarded the least amount of
penalties and have
conceded the most, referee bias or coincidence?
Other goalkeepers to achieve this feat include Manchester
United F.C.'s Gary Bailey, who saved three
penalties against Ipswich Town at Portman Road in 1980 but still
conceded six goals from open play, and Huddersfield Town's Matt Glennon, who saved three spot - kicks in a League game against Crewe Alexandra in 2007.
And keep in mind that
United conceded 18 less
penalties, so that is only a 16 non-penalty goal difference over nearly 300 matchs...
Penalties conceded 1 Chelsea, City,
United 24 4 Everton 30 5 Liverpool, Tottenham 35 7 Sunderland 39 8 Arsenal, Stoke 42
The midfielder drew the wrath of all
United fans when he foolishly jumped and handled (read, dabbed) the ball to
concede an insane
penalty, which Milner converted to gift the visitors with a lead.
Marouane Fellaini and Marcos Rojo each wasted chances for
United as time ticked away before Williams, excellent for much of the game,
conceded a late
penalty.
United were lucky not to
concede in the game, as Alejandro Diaz's effort hit the post and the referee waved away
penalty appeals, after Daley Blind fouled Miguel Samudio in the area.
Stat Attack Spurs have won one of their last 25 EPL matches against
United Spurs» win at Old Trafford last season was their first in 21 Premier League attempts
United have won their last four Premier League games in a row
United haven't
conceded a
penalty in 76 Premier League matches