Sentences with phrase «to miss a penalty»

"To miss a penalty" means to fail to score a goal during a penalty kick in sports, usually soccer. It happens when the player taking the penalty kick kicks the ball in a way that the goalkeeper is able to block it or the shot goes wide of the goalposts. Full definition
-- I remember vividly he once missed a penalty in a cup final which cost us the trophy.
The best players miss penalties at the best of times but his penalty miss could have put us 10 points behind.
Ozil misses a penalty then 15 mins later he is still shaking his head asking himself why why why?
Getting a footballer to sign a photo, then revealing it's a photo of that player missing a penalty: priceless.
The forward would go on to miss a penalty in the second - half, but the visitors held out to seal the victory.
Messi missed a penalty against man city and worse still, missed the follow up open goal.
Liverpool also missed a penalty for the second consecutive game as Milner's effort was tipped onto the post by a full - stretch Handanovic.
He also missed the penalty in shoot - out handing advantage to Chile.
Gonzalo Higuain of Juventus misses a penalty kick as Hugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur attempts to save during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 First Leg match between Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur at Allianz Stadium in Turin.
Roberto Firmino also missed a penalty as Liverpool spurned a host of chances in the two sides» first competitive meeting since the 2016 Europa League final, which Sevilla won 3 - 1 in Basel.
Messi missed a penalty in the second leg at the Nou Camp as the London club overcame the first - half dismissal of captain John Terry, and a 2 - 0 deficit, to draw the game 2 - 2 and secure an unforgettable 3 - 2 aggregate win.
The two - time World Player of the Year has struggled to win fans over in the Mexican league and largely failed to hit top gear with only three goals and three assists in his 17 games, even missing a penalty on his debut.
- Sergio Aguero has admitted he sometimes feels like a «bad player» when representing Argentina after missing a penalty during their 1 - 0 World Cup qualifying loss to Paraguay on Tuesday.
Wenger did not sign cover for Coquelin (mistake), Arteta still club captain and rarely plays so he «s a liability (mistake), Carzola misses penalty by slipping, not the first time I might add (mistake).
Another alternative would be to push Tom Cleverley — who missed a penalty which would have seen Watford draw level on Sunday wide — back into the No. 10 role he filled so impressively in the early weeks of the season.
I have to ask your opinion on this, do you think taking penalties is easy?I've seen a number of top players miss penalties from Messi to CR7 to Roberto Baggio to Ozil to Schevchenko etc
Somehow at Goodison they contrived to turn a 2 - 0 lead well into the second half into a 3 - 2 loss and even missed a penalty in the eleventh minute of injury time which would have given them a share of the spoils.
Despite missing a penalty early in the game, the 25 year - old didn't drop his head and made a nuisance of himself as the Celta Vigo backline battled to keep up with his strength, skill and pace.
Now on a more serious note, it was nice to see Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan link up today as it was so reminiscent of Dortmund, but the best thing that happened was Deeney missing a penalty which Cech actually saved!
Instead of celebrating a vital goal, I found myself berating the goalscorer for his attitude, bearing in mind he deserved a little criticism after missing a penalty earlier in the game.
Fortunately for Kane he didn't pay for the mistake of missing the penalty as with 83 minutes on the clock Heung Min Son put Tottenham 3 - 1 up.
Agüero — who then missed a penalty against Everton after coming off the bench — admits he was not in the best frame of mind when he returned from international duty.
Have you ever seen Cazorla miss a penalty like that?
We needn't have worried though as they applied themselves admirably and if they'd not missed a penalty when leading 1 - 0 then they would probably have won the game rather than surrendering that lead to.
Inevitably, many commentators highlighted Gonzalo Higuain's second, this time missed penalty.
Arsenal 3 - 4 Liverpool — 14 August 2016 [English Premier League] 30 ′ 0 — 0 Theo Walcott missed the penalty kick at half hour mark when Simon Mignolet guessed the right way and saved the spot kick.
Both teams scored equal goals initially, but it was Police United who missed their penalty shot in the shootout.
Arsenals most expensive signing Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang missed a penalty against Manchester City, but didn't fail to say that some of his team mates looked «resigned» and I love it!
The Hornets were humbled 3 - 0 at beleaguered Arsenal last week, with Troy Deeney missing a penalty to compound their woes.
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Spurs were lucky to go into the break level after Monaco missed a penalty, but fell behind after 48 minutes.
Christian Benteke's missed penalty denied Crystal Palace a priceless victory as Jermain Defoe's brace earned Bournemouth a 2 - 2 draw
Atletico had earlier missed the penalty awarded to them when Pepe brought down Torres.
The deal should be formally completed following England U21's departure from Euro 2017, where Abraham scored in normal time before missing a penalty in the semifinal shootout defeat to Germany.
Prso missed a penalty just before the sending off but made up for his miss by grabbing the winner in the second half.
They did not fall new hits, and Arjen Robben missed a penalty for Munich team.
Fortunately John Terry (unfortunate for him) missed a penalty later which could have gave Chelsea the cup and thus given United the lifeline again... and Van der Sar eventually took advantage of with a fine save against Nicholas Anelka for United's triumph.
Shame his aim is not as good from the penalty spot... The Chelsea left - back recently missed a penalty against Everton but last Sunday managed to shoot an intern from five feet away.
Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty early in the half — slamming his spotkick against the crossbar — but Atletico took advantage of Real's reshuffled right flank two minutes later, as Juanfran found some space out wide and sent in a lightning cross which was duly fired home by Carrasco — the game's outstanding individual during the second half.
I did wish him to miss the penalty so that Sanchez can be happy.
So if Theo is on his game, could Ozil give his compatriots the run around just as it looked like he would until missing that penalty last time Bayern came to London?
United began the tournament on Friday with a 1 - 1 draw against West Bromwich Albion with Jayden Reid scoring but United missed a penalty in normal time and were beaten 5 - 3 on penalties in the shootout.
The Argentinian in the 73rd minute missed a penalty, then a few minutes later he scored, and in injury time Messi ensured that Barcelona's game vs Eibar at least with something positive stays remembered.
42 ′ [Penalty miss) 2 — 1 Roberto Firmino missed the penalty just before the break.
wellbecks blatant missed penalty against city, and the ox against chelsea?
Bergkamp missed a penalty and then our defence led Giggs to score a solo goal.
Chelsea and Arsenal are said to have had scouts watching the Portugese star this weekend, while his side took on Rotherham in the Championship, although he did not put in the perfect display, including missing a penalty to put us ahead in the opening half, and found himself taken off just after an hours play.
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