Penalty Taker

Who should take penalties if Haaland is not on the pitch?

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roxy said:
I think it's time we replaced Stevie Wonder as the penalty coach.

Sterling had the right idea as putting it top bins is usually unstoppable but he got the execution a bit wrong.
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Top bins is much too risky.
Yesterday Raz was allowed to, in an important match a pen doesn't have to be beautiful,
you just have to find the net.
Sharp to bottom corner all day long and a little fake movement is enough.

Like Aleix did: send the keeper to one corner and the ball to the other. That's all.

Anyway, Jesus will have smiled feet up on holiday. He does very well.
Normally Gundogan, Zin, Raz too. And Sergio, besides CL...
 
Pablo1 said:
We’ve missed too many important pens recently not to make this a priority. I haven’t felt confident after being awarded a pen since Yaya stopped taking them.
I understand that even the best can miss, but fuck me, we seem to miss far more than our fair share.
Just hit a corner at pace and no goalkeeper is getting close.
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Gundogan has scored all his before yesterday but his first one, away at Tottenham amazed me. It was so telegraphed which way he was going that if anyone other than Lloris had been in net, they’d have read it like a book.
 
citykev28 said:
Gundogan has scored all his before yesterday but his first one, away at Tottenham amazed me. It was so telegraphed which way he was going that if anyone other than Lloris had been in net, they’d have read it like a book.
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He did exactly the same run up yesterday. I was convinced that he was going to bury it in the far right corner at pace. Even if it’s telegraphed, if hit right no keeper is getting near it. For some reason he hit it in the opposite direction, nowhere near a corner and at the perfect height to be saved.
Our pens yesterday were atrocious.
 
The best place to aim is about 2/3 to 3/4 of the height of the net and to either corner. No keeper dives up, they dive down. No need to go all out for top bins like Sterling always tries, but just lift it above midheight. Also, to improve accuracy just take a bit of pace off. If anything it makes it more unsavable since the keeper will already be diving and can’t adjust. They’ll dive under it almost.
 
Never understood why we are so poor at pens for a team/squad of such talented footballers, there about 2 or 3 I have any confidence with taking a pen. I mean, did anyone really think David Silva would score yesterday? Yet the guy can put the ball on a sixpence from 50 yards.
 
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