There’s little doubt about it – there’s simply one thing about Gareth Southgate and penalty shootouts.
Back in 1996, the now England boss suffered spot kick heartbreak when he noticed his penalty saved by Germany’s Andreas Kopke at Wembley at Euro 96 through the semi-finals, which noticed the Three Lions crash out in agonising style.
Fast ahead to 2021 and Southgate, now main England from the touchline, may solely watch on as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed penalties through the last of Euro 2020 as they misplaced out to Italy at Wembley.
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The shootout miss in opposition to Germany noticed Southgate vilified, criticised and chastised for years, mocked for his penalty that Kopke saved. So, three years after his spot kick miss, the previous Middlesbrough and Aston Villa ace should have been questioning simply what he had executed to deserve extra penalty shootout drama when he had one other saved through the League Cup quarter-final in opposition to West Ham.
Back in 1999, Southgate and Villa confronted off in opposition to the Hammers within the League Cup quarters in a sport that completed 2-2, with Frank Lampard and Paolo Di Canio scoring for West Ham. The 2-2 scoreline noticed them sport despatched to penalties to see who would guide a spot within the semis to tackle Leicester City.
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And, similar to again in 1996, it was Southgate who stepped as much as take a sudden loss of life penalty – which was saved by Hammers keeper Shaka Hislop, as soon as once more seeing him left along with his head in his palms. However, this time round, Southgate was handed a significant reprieve after the actual fact.
While West Ham supporters celebrated wildly following Hislop’s spot kick save, what transpired afterwards was the Hammers had really fielded an ineligible participant in Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Omoyinmi, who had already performed for Gillingham that season. Omoyinimi performed eight minutes of additional time in its place, which led to the sport having to be replayed.
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And this time round, it was Southgate and Villa who got here out on high. Villa received the sport 3-1 in additional time, with a brace from Ian Taylor, and a purpose from Julian Joachim sufficient to ship them by to the semis.
However, as soon as there, they might go on to lose their two-legged semi-final in opposition to Leicester, who would finally win the League Cup after they defeated Tranmere Rovers 2-1 because of a Matt Elliott brace.