Sentences with phrase «as penalty taker»

The French giants have had to deny that they were willing to pay Cavani an increased bonus if he was to give up his role as penalty taker for their new starlet Neymar.

With no van Persie and Rooney relegated as penalty taker it was left to Juan Mata to confidently dispatched the ball beyond the reach of the keeper into the bottom corner.

One of the greatest players the game has ever seen, it isn't asking too much of Barcelona star Lionel Messi to knock the ball in from twelve yards out, and the Argentine has shown great accuracy as a penalty taker for club and country.

Not exact matches

Well considering Cazorla is our designated penalty taker I do blame Wenger as the manager for Cazorla not taking the penalty today.

But as he is now the first choice penalty taker, we do not want him to be having any doubts when Arsenal finally get something from the officials.

The question was should the second penalty goal have been disallowed as the taker touched the ball twice.

However, the Gambon international vacated his duty as penalty - taker and allowed Frenchman Lacazette to instead take on the responsibility.

The Spaniard has a sure record from the spot and after being placed as a firm penalty kick taker in 2014, the midfielder has scored 8 out of his last 9 pens.

I am looking here at the minutes between goals and I exclude penalties here as Giroud is not our penalty taker.

However, most felt it was a strange decision, with Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville citing the omission of a regular penalty taker as what cost them the game.

This youngster is a great passer and crosser of the ball and he has also scored from free kicks, aswell as being a decent penalty taker and to have him and Bellerin attacking down our wings from defence, would be wonderful.

But incessant rain had made the pitch very wet, and penalty taker Di Maria slipped as he prepared to strike the spot - kick, consequently deflecting the ball off his own standing foot and taking the pace off his effort, allowing Roman Weidenfeller to save to his left.

Rodríguez is also noted for his speciality in dead - ball situations and for penalty - taking abilities, emerging as Wolfsburg's first - choice penalty taker.

Goals win matches and the penalty spot is almost an absolute lock with Eden Hazard as the lead penalty taker, therefore the denial of penalties in games big and small could be the difference between a title and a near miss in the future.

However, let us take a look at the non-penalty goals, as that is a more useful comparison since Giroud is not the main penalty taker in the team and also penalties on the team can be taken by other players rather than just the striker.

And just on your point below, Gerrard hasn't always been Liverpool's first choice penalty taker — think Xabi Alonso in the 2005 Champions League Final as a quick example.

Louis van Gaal has since revealed that if «you miss, you are last» among the penalty takers, a pretty brutal tactic and hardly one that will inspire confidence in a player such as Rooney, who has — despite his much publicised goals for his country this season — failed to make a positive impression on the club front.

They're perfectly good goals and being a good penalty taker isn't easy as it often involves huge pressure.

Last but not leaset, penalty kick takers, nasri is great you are right, but why do we need to replace RVP or cesc whn tehy both are doing fine as well?

As a regular penalty taker he notched 6 in total including the only goal of the game on his debut against Swindon Town.