Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Alexis Sanchez and Kevin De Bruyne: no, this isn't a list of the best four players in the Premier League (though it could well be). This is in fact a quartet of stars who have fallen foul from the penalty spot already this season.

They, and another five players, have together missed a nine spot-kicks by this mid-October stage of the Premier League season. In 2013/14 only 14 were not converted over the whole campaign.