JAVIER HERNANDEZ’S

fluffed ‘Panenka’ penalty for LA Galaxy was proof that those stunts leave you looking pretty silly when you miss, however good they might look when they go in. Safe to say it’s not anything I would have attempted as a player. I wouldn’t have been too happy if a player of mine had tried that on an important occasion, either. I had a year of watching Matt Le Tissier taking penalties when I was Southampton manager and I didn’t even watch in the end because I took it for granted that he would score. He was a wonderful striker of the ball and he missed just one of the 26 Premier League penalties he took in his career. Good luck trying to top that record.