Hate to put a dampener on this but if it comes to penalties, we're not winning.
I'd fancy Bobby but could I trust him not to take a no-look pen? Let's get his out the way first.
1. Firmino
2. Wijnaldum
3. Robertson
4. Salah
5. Milner
If 3 of them put them away we've done well IMO - would not be remotely confident about penalties. Couldn't trust the captain not to balloon it over the bar. Lovren and van Dijk I'm not confident. Lot of pressure for Trent. Mane would stick it on the post.
Honestly believe Karius wouldn't be the 11th man on the list.
I just don't get why keepers make their mind up before the kick. Keepers make fantastic instinctive saves all the time from less than 12 yards. They should keep their eye on the ball and react instinctively.
Fair point but the instinctive saves are usually from packed boxes where an attacker doesn't have the time for a big run up, power and the full goal to aim for IMO. Keepers usually narrowed down the angle of the goal a lot IMO.
Under pressure a player will certainly have a preference for a side he feels most comfortable on and it makes sense for a keeper to try to anticipate this.
Think I remember reading it was about 0.6 seconds from the ball being kicked to it going over the line, on average. Would be a lot to process direction, react and then cover a 24 foot by 8 foot goal!
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