Most penalties missed in 2022: 2022 has been a tough year for certain footballers who have not been at their best in terms of success levels.
Penalty misses are always a tough pill to swallow for any player during a game as it makes him guilty of rejuvenating himself to get his team over the line.
It is a part and parcel of the game to get your head back up and help the team’s cause after a spot-kick miss. But it is easier said than done.
In 2022, we picked out the top 5 players who missed the most spot-kicks by succumbing under pressure.
Alexis Sanchez
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The Marseille striker took 2 penalties and missed both in the previous year. He missed from the spot in Marseille’s 1-0 win over Clermont Foot in September 2022.
Sanchez also missed his spot-kick in the 2-2 draw vs Qatar during an international friendly clash in late September.
Harry Kane
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The England and Spurs forward missed 3 of the penalties taken in 2022.
Spread across competitions; Kane could not convert his spot-kicks against Nottingham Forest (EPL), Frankfurt (UCL) and France (World Cup 2022).
However, the most dreaded one was the spot-kick miss vs France against club-teammate, Hugo Lloris, as England crashed out of the WC 2022 at the Q/F stage.
🎙️ Harry Kane: “My missed penalty against France? I’ll probably remember it for the rest of my life, but it’s part of the game. It will haunt me forever, but it made me even more hungry for trophies.” pic.twitter.com/Y0JZm8adut
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) January 7, 2023
Patrick Schick
Czech Republic forward, Schick was another player who had a bad run from spot-kicks in 2022 as he missed all 3 penalties taken by him.
In mid-January 2022, his penalty strike was denied by Yan Sommer in the Bundesliga.
Schick’s next 2 penalty misses were against Portugal (UEFA Nations League) and Porto (Champions League) in 2022. Both these penalties were saved by Diogo Costa.
Riyad Mahrez
Mahrez had a patchy 2022 from the spot as he missed 4 of the spot-kicks taken for club and country.
His 2022 began in the worst possible manner when his spot-kick was saved in Algeria’s 3-1 loss to Ivory Coast in the AFCON.
The Algerian player could not help his club team as well in the year as he missed crucial spot-kicks vs West Ham (EPL), Copenhagen and Borussia Dortmund (UCL) respectively.
Rihad Mahrez’s miss was the 25th penalty missed under Pep out of 80 attempts 😬 pic.twitter.com/EFyVMh8Ccd
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 26, 2022
Wilfried Zaha
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Crystal Palace and Ivory Coast goal-scorer, Wilfried Zaha tops this dreaded list with 4 penalty misses. All 4 misses came in the Premier League ranging from February-November.
Norwich’s Angus Gunn, Leicester’s Schmeichel, Villa’s Emiliano Martinez and Forest’s Henderson were the keepers who denied Zaha from the spot.
❌ | Wilfried Zaha has now missed 5 of his last 8 penalties (63%).
Time for a change?#CPFC pic.twitter.com/AYAWGv39TG
— The Palace Way (@ThePalaceWay) November 12, 2022
It was a mixed year for the Palace player and would like to improve on this statistic in 2023.