(in 1998 and 1999), with Brad Friedel in goal on both occasions. The Republic of Ireland international was also on the mark at Champions League level from the spot and, like former colleague Steve Bruce (who scored two out of two in the Premier League but most of his penalties came ...
Palmer has the best penalty record of any player in the squad. The 2023/24 Young Player of the Season enjoyed an impressive debut season at Chelsea, scoring nine goals from the spot. Palmer, who has a perfect conversion rate of 100 ...
Perhaps the biggest one of all is the record ofmost Champions League goals. Ronaldo has scored 140 times in the competition, compared to Messi’s 129. Ronaldo also holds the records for themost Champions League assists(42) andmost successful penalties taken by a player in the Champions League...
This season, no one has scored more goals thanManchester City'sErling Haaland. Through 26Premier Leagueappearances, he already has 28 goals. That's perhaps a bit inflated by his five penalties, but if we strip penalties out, he's still ahead of everyone else with 23. In fact, ...
He scored in each of his first eight Premier League seasons, and helped United claim the league, FA Cup and Champions League treble in 1998/99. Graeme Le Saux Apps: 327. Goals: 12. Assists: 44. Clean sheets: 92. Titles: 1. Le Saux lifted the Premier League Trophy at Blackburn ...
He scored in City's 4-3 win at Newcastle which saw them famously pip Manchester United to the 1968 championship. Renowned for winning and taking penalties, his most important penalty came in 1970 when City defeated Gornik Zabrze of Poland 2-1 to win their first European trophy...
t get called upon to join the action. He was a matchwinner against France in the last group game. Without that goal Denmark would have missed the semifinal in which they beat The Netherlands on penalties. Lars Elstrup scored one of ...
Not since Pele in 1958 has a teenager scored twice in the same World Cup match. Like Modric, Mbappe gets extra points for having achieved success at club level last season, though in competitions with less prestige than the Champions League. The teenager was part of the Paris Saint-Germain ...
Probably the most dramatic goal ever scored by a goalkeeper was Jimmy Glass's effort for Carlisle United in May 1999 that saved the club from the ignominy of non-league football. With only ten seconds of the game remaining and with the scores level at 1-1, Glass netted from close range ...
TH: It's pretty unforgivable not to include any of the USWNT's famous Triple Espresso but the omission of Smith, in particular, just seems a bit silly. She has scored 24 goals across her last 41 NWSL games, and at times kept the Tho...