Sentences with phrase «penalty taker»

Another player whose record from the penalty spot was crucial for their team last season, Steven Gerrard is undoubtedly one of the best penalty takers in the Premier League, as he always seems to find the target with typically low and powerful efforts on goal.

Care to quote me the current player of the seasons stats this season while he was their designated penalty taker as well??

He's England's 4th best penalty taker so if we adopt the following tactics he would win us the league... Bellerìn and Monreal run down the wings cut the ball back to him from 12 yards and he scores

It's meant that Arsenal haven't had the best of luck with scoring penalties this season and so the question was raised about why our first choice penalty taker, isn't actually taking all the pens.

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.

Benteke wrestled the ball off regular penalty taker Luka Milivojevic - who had already converted a first - half spot - kick - only to see his added - time effort saved by Asmir Begovic.

Setanta report that John Terry was not in the original list of penalty takers for the Blues and, while Drogba's red card saw the captain shunted up the pecking order, there may have been one or two players that should have been stepping up to the plate first.

A player with sublime technique with a dead ball, it is no surprise that Italian midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo is a reliable penalty taker for club and country, with a notable «Panenka» effort against England in a shoot - out victory at Euro 2012 perhaps the pick of the bunch.

Nasri was the designated penalty taker on Saturday but the acting captain, Rosicky, decided to take the kick himself.

It all always be more forgivable when the designated penalty taker misses than when someone else takes it.

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A great penalty taker, David Unsworth was a centre - back with great goal stats whever he went, including once hitting nine in a single season.

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.

Benteke wrestled the ball off regular penalty taker Luka Milivojevic — who had already converted a first - half spot - kick — only to see his added - time effort saved by Asmir Begovic.

He has been the captain of his squad and he's a clinical penalty taker.

Another positive is that it seems we have found another competent penalty taker, for when Cazorla is unavailable.

An amazing goalscoring defender, Steve Bruce was a powerful header of the ball and top penalty taker, once scoring an amazing 19 in one season for Manchester United.

Netherlands goalkeeper Tim Krul has defended his behaviour in the penalty shoot - out, in which he appeared to engage in some gamesmanship with the Costa Rican penalty takers:

For example the striker may not be the dedicated penalty taker, for example arteta used to take our penalties.

Well fatty, as penalty taker Theo is as bad as Alexis.

In other news, Wenger gives Sanchez a roasting of a warning for not following club Orders regarding penalty takers.

Just because a player misses one or two does not make them bad penalty takers however they should also be able to recognise when they are not on form and let someone else take them instead.

I've seen Aguero, Neymar, Willian, Ramos, Balotelli, and many other penalty takers do the hezzy / stutter to great affect.

He's a supberb penalty taker.

when Sanchez and Giroud were our normal penalty takers!

Plus, he is one of the best free kick and penalty takers out there.

«He is an incredibly confident penalty taker and very good at it, but it is that lack of respect that he has.»

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Now the infamous moment of that match, is of course, not only van Nistelrooy's penalty miss, but also Keown's «karate» chop on the melancholic penalty taker.

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.

Like Balotelli, Chelsea star Eden Hazard is another deadly accurate penalty taker who always manages to fool the goalkeeper and roll the ball in beyond their reach.

Croatia's Stipe Pletikosa was Hajduk Split's penalty taker before he moved on to Shahktar Donetsk, scoring four times from the spot.

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Pat Dunne become Shamrock Rovers» penalty taker during his second spell with the club, including one against Cork Hibs in December 1972.

The one time penalty taker for Dundee United added to his tally of three league goals when he scored directly from a kick out while playing for Raith Rovers.

This season we've seen the perils of not having a consummate penalty taker in the line - up, and this is one thing that Milner guarantees.

Danish international Troels Rasmussen, who kept goal for Denmark at the 1986 World Cup, was also something of a useful penalty taker, scoring five times for AGF.

Lee Williams, who is currently with Holywell Town, is a specialist penalty taker and once scored three goals from the spot while playing with Welsh side Total Network Solutions.

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.

On that subject, he's a terrible penalty taker, isn't he?

Colombian winger Jose Izquierdo went to ground in the box under a challenge from Serge Aurier and regular penalty taker Glenn Murray, who has missed twice from the spot this season, stepped aside to allow German midfielder Gross to atone for his error by converting into the bottom - left corner.

The match went into a penalty shootout and Albion's first eight penalty takers fired home to make the score 8 - 8, but after Cian Harries put Swansea 9 - 8 ahead, Ben Barclay's spot - kick was saved and the hosts secured their place in the semi-finals.

He is also a strong 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.

In case of Sunderland, it can be understood as Defoe is their primary penalty taker and their style is more suited to gaining penalties.

Personally, unless he changes his system and combines more guile with the accuracy he is known for, he will be among the last penalty takers in my «set» team.