They've lost just one of their last 12 matches, which was in the reverse fixture just after Christmas, when Arsenal recorded a 3 - 2 victory at Selhurst Park, and were a last -
minute penalty kick away from defeating league leaders Manchester City on New Year's Eve.
Within just 16 first - half minutes against Espanyol, Real raced to a 3 - 0 lead thanks to wonderfully simple goals from Karim Benzema and James Rodriguez, and a 12th
minute penalty kick that was slammed home with aplomb by Ronaldo.
The Pirates mustered up just four shots in the match, but ultimately ended up with a loss because they conceded a 69th
minute penalty kick to St. John's.
Not exact matches
Awarded a
penalty kick after a foul in a tied - up tense CIF NorCal Division I semifinal with Carondelet - Concord, Anderson converted in the 62nd
minute and the host Mustangs advanced with a 2 - 1 win on March 8.
In the 86th
minute Steve Coppell slung a free -
kick across the Arsenal
penalty area, Joe Jordan sent it back into the middle, and Gordon McQueen poked the ball home.
The match also included a horrific blunder by keeper Heurelho Gomes that allowed Udinese a
penalty kick in the 24th
minute.
Montpellier went ahead less than three
minutes later when Anthony Mounier converted another
penalty after Guillaume Gillet was guilty of handling in the box while blocking a free
kick.
Speaking of Pato, the former Golden Boy made the most of his Chelsea debut by scoring his first ever Premier League goal on a
penalty kick just
minutes after being subbed in for Loic Remy.
The Panenka
penalty from Alexis Sanchez was the latest, in both meanings of the word, coming in the 98th
minute with just about the last
kick of the game and earning an absolutely vital win, but there have been plenty more and a lot of them have been huge, like Giroud's 86th
minute winner against West Brom, his 92nd
minute leveller at Bournemouth or the 89th
minute one against Man United at Old Trafford.
QPR looked shaky throughout the dying
minutes of stoppage time, conceding a number of free
kicks and corners, but just barely managed to hang on to go through to the final without needing
penalties.
Then you have the Payet scenario, with free
kicks around the box seeming to be almost as good as a
penalty for the Frenchman at the
minute.
The whole 120
minutes neither seemed bothered to win it, then the
penalty shoot out everyone started crying and celebrated with each
kick depending on which team they were from.
Sunderland equalised through a deserved
penalty kick, and the Black Cats looked to try and build on that goal, but thankfully after bringing Olivier Giroud on with just over 20
minutes to go, he scored with his first two touches of the ball.
Marcos Alonso was unlucky to hit the post from a free
kick in the 45th
minute, then even unluckier to be denied a
penalty when he was shoved down in the box just after the break.
Arsenal should have had a
penalty in the 66th
minute when Mustafi was clearly
kicked after Welbeck's header from a corner crashed off the bar.
«In the first 15
minutes from a corner
kick they did a handball and that was a
penalty also, but it's OK, I don't want to say that.»
The goal came in the 10th
minute, on a
penalty kick.
This may motivate both teams to end the game in 90
minutes rather than risk the luck associated with
penalty kicks.
She showed good awareness to continue her run in the 85th
minute after a Fishlock through ball looked to be going out of bounds, and was thus in position to get onto the end of Kiersten Dallstream's diagonal cross and get fouled for the second
penalty kick of the game.
Jonjo Shelvey drilled a seventh -
minute free -
kick straight at the defensive wall, and the Magpies were appealing in vain for a
penalty seconds later after Kenedy went to ground inside the box.
Referee Juan Martinez Munuera had no interest in awarding a
penalty when Ronaldo went down under a 61st -
minute challenge from Unai Nunez and Athletic should have compounded Madrid's frustration when Garcia clattered the crossbar after Williams missed his
kick from close range and Cordoba had a shot blocked by Carvajal.
Orlando City dominated possession to close the half and generated several chances, eventually finding a breakthrough thanks to a
penalty kick in the 42nd
minute.
Linfield should have taken the lead after 64
minutes when they were awarded a
penalty for Vivan's foul on Stephen Lowry but the keeper saved Aaron Burns» spot -
kick.
London Welsh showed their intent from the outset and pressure applied the first scrum, earned a free
kick and then a series of
penalties as Bank repeatedly infringed in the opening
minutes.
There was a flashpoint with 20
minutes left when Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, who was already on a yellow card, appeared to
kick out at Reina after being felled by the Napoli keeper when he came for a high ball in the
penalty area.
More late drama was to come as the hosts were awarded a
penalty after Nikola Vukcevic fouled Claudiu Keseru, but Stanciu put his spot -
kick well over the crossbar in the seventh
minute of injury time.
Japan and England looked to be heading for extra time deadlocked at 1 - 1 after captain Aya Miyama scored a
penalty on 33
minutes at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium only for Fara Williams to level for England five
minutes before the break, also from a
penalty kick.
In front of their home crowd, Roma players immediately took the attacking initiative as Francesco Totti gave them the lead after 16
minutes with a well taken
penalty kick.
Freshman phenom Luka Prpa broke the ice on the match in the 10th
minute, recording a
penalty kick goal after Xavier committed a handball inside the 18 yard box.
And just when Real Madrid looked completely dead in the water they were able to claw back in the dying moments with who else but Cristiano Ronaldo finishing the game off following a highly controversial
penalty -
kick converted in the 97th
minute.
Porto led and looked odds - on to put the two - times winners out of the competition with 10
minutes remaining but Josh Grant's equaliser four
minutes from time took the semi-final contest to
penalties and Jamie Cumming, our goalkeeper, proved the hero in the shootout as he saved three spot -
kicks to send us into Monday's final against Barcelona.
Luka Prpa provided a
penalty kick equalizer in the 67th
minute as Marquette and Georgetown went to a 1 - 1 draw in men's soccer on Saturday afternoon.
Already in the third
minute of the first Portuguese referee for Pedpo Proensa awarded a
penalty kick in favor of Bayern Munich - a violation of Drogba against Ribery.
Luis Suarez, after losing two to three clear chances earlier, grabbed the equalizer in the 73rd
minute before Lionel Messi — who lost a
penalty kick — scored a brace to seal a 4 - 2 victory.
The Rossoneri will be looking for revenge as they lost a heartbreaking Coppa Italia final in extra time, with Alvaro Morata scoring in the dying
minutes before
penalty kicks.
Madden was involved again winning a
penalty kick in the 36th
minute.
But Sergio Ramos missed a harshly - awarded
penalty only
minutes after Croatia had legitimate claims for a spot -
kick rejected.
Harry Kane reduced arrears on 35
minutes, Higuain crucially missed a
penalty in added time and we were on top again in the second half when Christian Eriksen fired home a free -
kick for 2 - 2.
Danny Blind handed a first cap to 17 - year - old Matthijs de Ligt, but the centre - back's first action did not bode well, as he gave away a free
kick just outside the
penalty area inside the first
minute with a rash challenge on Ivelin Popov.
The Golden Eagles would claw one back in the 53rd
minute, but hand that goal right back on a
penalty kick just 20 seconds later.
Having missed a
penalty to hand us a 2 - 1 lead on 85
minutes and then seeing Liverpool take a 2 - 1 lead on 91, Harry stepped up again from the spot to secure a deserved point and his 100th Premier League goal with the last
kick of the game.
The streak could have been preserved for another game, but Paulo Dybala failed to convert a
penalty kick in the 97th
minute, which happened to be his second failure in as many games following his miss in the 2 - 2 draw versus Atalanta.
A 95th
minute penalty awarded for the hosts offered the prospect of redemption, and it was Salah, undeterred throughout, who stepped up to slam the spot
kick home past Barel Mouko to end the Pharaohs» wait for the World Cup and prompt outrageous scenes of celebration across the country.
When Emre Can chipped a free -
kick into the
penalty area four
minutes into added time, Lovren leapt highest to meet it.
His first goal came in the 35th
minute from an expertly struck free
kick from the right side of the
penalty area that fizzed into the top left corner.
In the 57th
minute of the first leg of this quarterfinal tie at Juventus Stadium, Arturo Vidal scored a
penalty kick which won Juve the game and eventually the tie.
And on 52
minutes they were presented with the ideal opportunity to start a fightback when Otamendi's clumsy challenge on Henrikh Mkhitaryan resulted in a
penalty — but Ederson was equal to Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang's spot -
kick, pushing the ball to safety — his third
penalty save of the season.
Mihail Aleksandrov opened the scoring for Bulgaria in the 6th
minute via a
penalty kick, and they could not hold the relentless Les Bleus pressure with Kevin Gameiro (brace), Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet finding the scoresheet.
Lukasz Fabiaski made two stops in the
penalty shoot - out as Arsenal completed a dramatic 4 - 2 win over Wigan on spot -
kicks in the FA semi-final at Wembley Stadium after a 1 - 1 draw over 120
minutes.
LONDON: Harry Kane scored a last - gasp
penalty equaliser just
minutes after missing another spot -
kick in Tottenham's breathtaking 2 - 2 draw at Liverpool, while Newcastle remain mired in the battle for survival after a 1 - 1 draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday.