Omg, we won a penalty shoot out.
- Thread starter IrishRedDevil
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Because they have Morata up front?!
Can Sanchez be in goal for every shoot out.
Our last shoot out win came against Rochdale with him in goal.
Our last shoot out win came against Rochdale with him in goal.
Penalty shootout record since winning the 2009 League Cup final, which was our 4th win in a row:
Community Shield 2009 v Chelsea - Loss
League Cup SF 2014 v Sunderland - Loss
League Cup R4 2015 v Middlesbrough - Loss
League Cup R3 2018 v Derby - Loss
League Cup R3 2019 v Rochdale - Win
Europa League Final 2021 v Villarreal - Loss
FA Cup R4 2022 v Middlesbrough - Loss
Certainly due a win.
Community Shield 2009 v Chelsea - Loss
League Cup SF 2014 v Sunderland - Loss
League Cup R4 2015 v Middlesbrough - Loss
League Cup R3 2018 v Derby - Loss
League Cup R3 2019 v Rochdale - Win
Europa League Final 2021 v Villarreal - Loss
FA Cup R4 2022 v Middlesbrough - Loss
Certainly due a win.
I was getting big Villarreal flashbacks during that shootout when Brighton scored their first 5. We have a lot to thank Solly March for
I think it’s because saving penalties is not really about reacting, it’s about anticipating and also about defeating your opponent mentally - and sadly, our Dave is a mental midget.
Even if he guesses the right way, I always get the feeling that he’d still fail to save the pen because he just never fully commits to diving, he just sort of collapses to one side.
That was the only way we were winning
Asked this in the DDG thread but for the older fans on here, have we ever had a great penalty stopper at the club before? Schmeichal did ok in a few charity shield shoot outs but other than the Overmars spot kick i can't remember many penalty saves. VDS was probably the best but i wouldn't say he was a great penalty stopper either (save against City in 07 though )
)Honestly what was his thought process here. "Just fall to my right side every single pen, hoping someone hits it somewhat awkwardly through the middle"?
Asked this in the DDG thread but for the older fans on here, have we ever had a great penalty stopper at the club before? Schmeichal did ok in a few charity shield shoot outs but other than the Overmars spot kick i can't remember many penalty saves. VDS was probably the best but i wouldn't say he was a great penalty stopper either (save against City in 07 though
I remember a Charity Shield shootout vs Chelsea where VDS saved all 3 of their first 3 pens.
yep, true, but those games are really just friendlies. As i said, Schmeichal had some decent peno saves in charity shield games but other than the Overmars save i can't remember him saving many penalties in competitive games. VDS saved a really important penalty against City in 07 that effectively won us the title and obviously the Anelka penalty in the champions league final. Struggle to remember many others.
IMHO, this has to be the luckiest escape we ever had out of a penalty shootout. I was really begging for Ten Hag to replace De Gea with Butland (5 penalties saved out of 34 in total for his career) for the sake of 1) using a taller goalkeeper to cover more space, 2) protecting De Gea because of the prior history on penalties, and 3) putting off Brighton ahead of the shootout.
Thank God that our own shooters did not miss this time because I would be pissed off at Ten Hag for not putting more odds on our side if we lost.
Thank God that our own shooters did not miss this time because I would be pissed off at Ten Hag for not putting more odds on our side if we lost.
Asked this in the DDG thread but for the older fans on here, have we ever had a great penalty stopper at the club before? Schmeichal did ok in a few charity shield shoot outs but other than the Overmars spot kick i can't remember many penalty saves. VDS was probably the best but i wouldn't say he was a great penalty stopper either (save against City in 07 though
The last minute penalty save v Bergkamp in the FA Cup Semi final replay 99. Saved the treble really.
Just saw it again and Brighton clearly had done some sort of research on DDG’s habits. 6 out of the 7 pens went to his left . He went to his right on 6 out of 7. The only penalty he came close to was the one they went to his right with. It’s a miracle that we won
I have never enjoyed penalty shootouts. Might just change my mind........nah.
I thankfully do not remember that match and my first thought was how utterly embarrassing beating Rochdale on penalties is. Like, so much worse than losing to Rochdale on penalties, somehow.
Man of the match, for me.
I actually think he would have saved the last pen had it been on target. It was the first time he ruined his dive correctly and he looked to have it covered
That's a little unfair, we have no way of knowing how many of those pens "sent him the wrong way"
Say he had dived to his left, are we saying none of those players would have stuck it the other side?
It's like the Case and Wout pens, keeper dives to the left and they both 100% put it to his other side
I realise defending DDG on pens is a total losing battle... But I don't think it's quite as simple as him constantly going the wrong way
This is not quite true.
De Gea went to his right 5/7, not 6/7. Besides, de Gea guessed the direction 3/7 (penalties by Gross, Undav and March).