Who takes the penalty? Hazard or Costa?

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Costa is a shit penalty taker, end of.

[DYC. 7,542]

Tbf, judging by Mata's penalty record for us, was that a bad thing?

Mata was so awful at the spot haha.

Lampard's ego definitely played a part in him always wanting to take the PKs. But with his record, I can't blame him and I'd always want him to take them as well. Didn't he go over 4 years without missing a single PK? That was astonishing.

[Tomo 21,751]

Mata was so awful at the spot haha.

Lampard's ego definitely played a part in him always wanting to take the PKs. But with his record, I can't blame him and I'd always want him to take them as well. Didn't he go over 4 years without missing a single PK? That was astonishing.

Good question actually.

There was that miss vs Charlton in 2006 and then the FA Cup final vs Pompey, if there wasn't one in between then yeah.

Then again Didier was almost flawless from the spot for us, apart from WHL (which ironically he took instead of Frank) I can't recall him missing one.

[Stats 7,136]

Imagine to yourselves that Costa had a good penalty conversion rate. Similar to Drogba's or so, would you feel he should take the penalty in this instance? I personally would still want to see Hazard take it. Players always say that the team comes first so I still feel it should be no different.

[Strike 7,474]

Hazard's technique isn't that great if the goalkeeper stands up. He scores so often because he waits for the keeper to bend their knee, indicating which way they intend to dive. If you stay still, as Maribor's Jasmin Handanovic and Jesper Hansen of Nordsjaelland both did, it makes it difficult for Eden as he has to try and open his foot to put it in either corner from very close proximity to the ball. I don't think it'll be long before more goalkeepers work that out tbh.

i think one day, when Chelsea get a penalty in a tense situation in a cup or league match. Hazard should just run in like Lampard and blast it. Will completely wrongfoot the keeper

[Strike 7,474]

Good question actually.

There was that miss vs Charlton in 2006 and then the FA Cup final vs Pompey, if there wasn't one in between then yeah.

Then again Didier was almost flawless from the spot for us, apart from WHL (which ironically he took instead of Frank) I can't recall him missing one.

Frank gave this one up because he was returning from injury or something.

[manpe 10,861]

The poll shows that there really isn't a discussion.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I wouldn't go with "let them decide." One asking the designated other, okay, but not letting them decide who it will be. This creates confusion and could lead to arguments if such game tensions run high.

Eden for me.

[Stats 7,136]

I wouldn't go with "let them decide." One asking the designated other, okay, but not letting them decide who it will be. This creates confusion and could lead to arguments if such game tensions run high.

Eden for me.

With the "let them decide" I meant as in a situation like the game against Wigan. Drogba wanted to take it and they had a little discussion. Lampard could have allowed Drogba to take it during that discussion but rightfully refused to. So if it got to a similar situation I am saying should we leave it to them two to discuss it themselves. People seem to state Hazard over Costa because of Costa's penalty misses before. However what if Costa had a decent conversion rate for Atletico. For instance took 5/6 for them and converted them all. Is that a good enough reason to let him take the penalty over our no.1 penalty taker?

[Hutcho 8,443]

If the game is that important, unless its like 5-0 with 3 mins left then you always give it to your best penalty taker. Lampard was 100% correct.

[LAB 1,030]

Lampard did the right thing back then. Also Lampard wouldn't let Costa take it if he was here in place of Hazard.

Anyway Hazard is the pen taker.

[sutro 1,026]

but lamps let hazard take one against newcaste to complete his hatrick tough

[Dion 2,476]

I think there are two points here. Me, as a fan and outside viewer, would like to see the best taker doing it always or as often as he can, which is usually our designated one, Hazard. However, mentality plays a huge part in penalties, and who to know best their mental states than the players themselves?

Ultimately the designated penalty taker should have the last word in the matter, because at 100% he should be the best man to do it. But even the best players have those off-days, days when everything is going wrong and they're frustrated - dribbles don't seem to connect or they can't hit the right spot to score. Shouldn't the players, knowing best their own situation, be able to assess and decide whether they're in good conditions to take it or not? That's what I meant when I voted for letting the players themselves decide it. And that's just the objective analysis of the situation. Subjectively I think denying it to a teammate who is almost as good as you at the task but has an important goal to accomplish (be it individual glory or not) is a bit selfish and may create an awkward and bad situation between the players which I would prefer to avoid if I could, imo it's like saying you don't trust their ability or their judgement that they're able to do it, also I believe Eden is not the kind of person to do that, especially in a game when he'd be winning, even if by one goal only.

[Tomo 21,751]

If Hazard's on the pitch it should always be him unless there's mitigating circumstances, that's the beggining, the middle and the end of it.

Jose should tell the squad that under no uncertain terms aswell, cause Eden seems like he would give the penalty up if he is pressured enough, he's already done it with Didier.

[SouthKorea 38]

Hazard doesnt seem to care about stuff like this like Lampard and Cristiano does.

I remember specifically hazard letting other players hit pks when he was still in the game.. However, I doubt the other 2 would ever do that..

There was a similar situation, which Tevez was going to get a hattrick and cristiano refused to let tevez shoot the pks...