In a good team you win together and you lose together. The penalty shootout is the loneliest experience in football and the trick is to make participants feel they are less on their own.

The players taking spot-kicks need to know that responsibility does not weigh solely on their shoulders but is shared, and the same goes for your goalkeeper.

As a manager, you can take pressure off your men by making yourself accountable for success and failure.

You’d never go up on stage without an act so I think if you walk up to take a penalty, or stand between the posts attempting to save one, you should have a clear idea about what you’re going to do.

This is where the manager and