ENGLAND'S BEST PENALTY-TAKERS ARE REVEALED WITH A CHELSEA STAR BOASTING A PERFECT RECORD... BUT HARRY KANE FAILS TO MAKE THE TOP FIVE
- England boast a bounty of penalty specialists within their Euro 2024 ranks
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England fans will be dreading the possibility of penalties as their Euro 2024 knockout campaign got underway in Sunday's last-16 tie against Slovakia, but a shootout is always a chance at a major tournament.
The Three Lions were denied a historic piece of silverware at Euro 2020 after being beaten on penalties by Italy at Wembley.
Captain Harry Kane would miss from the spot at the most recent World Cup as England crashed out against France at the quarter-final stage.
Plenty of player turnover has happened since and England's new-look team packed with world class talents boast some of Europe's best penalty-takers amongst their ranks.
The best penalty specialists within the ranks of Gareth Southgate's squad have now been revealed as per topoffshoresportsbooks.com, with three stars boasting perfect records.
1. Cole Palmer (15/15, 100% success rate)
Cole Palmer starred during his debut season at Chelsea after making the switch from Man City last summer and boasts a perfect record from the spot.
The 22-year-old has never missed a penalty in his career - taking 15 and scoring 15 - including nine attempts in the Premier League with Chelsea last season.
2. Trent Alexander-Arnold (7/7, 100% success rate)
Liverpool icon Trent Alexander-Arnold follows closely-behind and has found the back of the net on every trip to the penalty spot during his trophy-laden career.
A difficult spell in England's midfield during the Euro 2024 group stages has seen Alexander-Arnold lose his starting spot, but could be called upon by Southgate if a match goes the distance.
The Reds vice-captain has never taken a penalty for England's senior team but scored four in the youth ranks and has been solid on three attempts with Liverpool.
3. Conor Gallagher (6/6, 100% success rate)
Conor Gallagher is the second Chelsea star to pack out the England's top 10, with six goals from six penalties, but five of those were at youth level.
The midfielder's only senior penalty goal was during a loan spell at West Brom where he scored in the League Cup.
4. Ivan Toney (37/40, 93% success rate)
The Brentford striker is the name that jumps to the lips of most England and Premier League fans and boasts a formidable record of only ever missing three efforts.
Toney has taken 40 penalties during his professional career - scoring 37 of those - and bagged his most recent penalty during the March international break.
The 28-year-old has a 93 per cent record from the spot and has won seven out of eight shootouts during his career.
5. Eberechi Eze (8/9, 89% success rate)
One of the least-used England stars during their Euro 2024 campaign so far is one of their best penalty-takers having only missed a single penalty in nine different attempts.
Eze missed the first penalty of his career after fluffing his lines from 12-yards while at QPR five years ago, but has scored his next eight attempts across youth and senior competitions.
Meanwhile, Kane is England's go-to penalty specialist and will take responsibility for any in-game chance and has only missed 11 out of 90 attempts.
The Three Lions skipper has never missed a penalty in a shootout and is faultless on his last five trips to the spot with both club and country.
Bukayo Saka closely follows with a success rate of 84 per cent and has only missed once in 13 efforts since his failed attempt in the Euro 2020 final.
Newcastle's Anthony Gordon, West Ham star Jarrod Bowen and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins make up the remainder of the top 10 and all boast over a 50 per cent conversion record from the spot.
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