Penalty Taker

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Was it Mahrez who missed the last minute penalty at Anfield by blasting the ball over the bar two seasons back? Again, that was an incomprehensible choice at the time.

 

[ballinio]

It shouldn’t be a question , the manager decides who takes them , not who fancies it at the time .

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I've noticed that Sergio is a high-risk penalty taker. He likes to hit them right into the side netting, if he can. If he gets it right, it looks really sweet, and the keeper has no chance whatsoever of getting to it. But it is, as I say, high risk. My general impression is the KDB doesn't feel he needs that level of accuracy. He whacks it and gets it in the general area of one of the two top corners. Force and speed does the rest.
Raz, meanwhile, has developed a ‘third way’.

(I can smile about it now, but I think the neighbours thought some sort of domestic violence was going on last night for a few seconds).

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

He won't take one, if he does ever miss then Pep will be a laughing stock if they go down the other end and score and he won't set himself up for that.

A shoot out pen, yes.

Definetely have Eddie in a shootout, he doesnt show nerves and can fairly hit a ball.
Remember Hart scoring a couple in shootouts for us and u21s.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Was it Mahrez who missed the last minute penalty at Anfield by blasting the ball over the bar two seasons back? Again, that was an incomprehensible choice at the time.

Yes, Mahrez put over the bar, Jesus had wanted to take it but hes also not the most reliable from 12 yards.

 

[LongsightM13]

Definetely have Eddie in a shootout, he doesnt show nerves and can fairly hit a ball.
Remember Hart scoring a couple in shootouts for us and u21s.

Hart was a good penalty taker, in fact most keepers are.
Goalkeepers know the exact place they cant reach it, hard and high in the top corners

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Hart was a good penalty taker, in fact most keepers are.
Goalkeepers know the exact place they cant reach it, hard and high in the top corners

Maybe we need to get a keeper in to do some penalty training, give insight from a keepers perspective.

 

[CatMan]

Would we really do that? Just get an outfield player that can score from 12 yards FFS ( and I don’t mean Mahrez)

I wouldn't as I would expect that at least one of our players is capable of addressing a ball whilst watching the body movement of a keeper and then either opening or closing his foot to go either way with his shot. Much how you can either hook or fade a golf shot by correcting the club at impact. That's all Mario and Yaya did, the simply watched the keeper as they approached the ball and almost always went the other way. They didn't send the keeper the wrong way as such, they just watched for the keeper to commit and then were capable of correcting their foot if needed. Too many of our players are simply concentrating on the ball and last night was typical. In truth the Brighton keeper could have gone for a shite and Sterling would not have noticed. In fact, it's absolutely staggering that with even more restrictions on the keeper at a penalty than ever, our ability to score them has got worse.

 

[bluealf]

Definetely have Eddie in a shootout, he doesnt show nerves and can fairly hit a ball.
Remember Hart scoring a couple in shootouts for us and u21s.

Hart took one of the best penalties I've seen, could have been in the US friendlies.

 

[Shirley]

Posted this in the post match thread, belongs here.....


City have missed seven penalties in the Premier League since the start of last season, more than any other side. Three of these have been missed by Raheem Sterling.