Be part of the talk about Man Utd’s best-ever penalty taker

ERIC CANTONA

For former Reds defender David Might, Cantona is the one reply to this hypothetical query – so we’ll let the MUTV pundit do many of the speaking.

“If my life relied on it, I’d need to go for Eric,” he stated. “I believe I’ve solely ever seen him miss one, which was at Leeds of all locations, however I’ve additionally seen him rating penalties there as effectively.

“He’s simply so calm, isn’t he? Again within the day, you’d put your own home on him scoring, he was class, simply so cool. He’d simply watch the keeper and wait and as quickly because the keeper determined which approach he’d go, he would put it the opposite approach.”

‘The King’ really failed with two Reds spot-kicks – the opposite was towards Blackburn – however scored the opposite 18, that means he has a 90 per cent success price from penalties, putting him effectively above the typical taker. Stats consultants Opta mannequin the ‘anticipated objective’ of a penalty at 79 per cent.

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