FIFA World Cup 2022: England midfielder Jordan Henderson has reacted to captain Harry Kane lacking an important penalty within the quarter-final loss to France.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 11, 2022 03:11 IST
Harry Kane has scored so many penalties for England, he’ll bounce again: Jordan Henderson (AP Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: England midfielder Jordan Henderson has backed his captain Harry Kane to bounce again after lacking an important penalty within the quarter-final loss to France. Kane missed a late penalty as England’s World Cup goals led to a heartbreaking defeat to reigning champions France in a blockbuster quarter-final conflict.
Having reached the semi-finals in 2018 and completed as runners-up eventually 12 months’s European Championship, Gareth Southgate’s males have been dreaming of a mouthwatering semi-final in opposition to Morocco.
“It is hard now to sum it up, it is hard to find the right words. I thought we gave everything in the game, we were disappointed to go 1-0 down but we showed the character and mentality to keep going and find the equaliser. We gave it everything and unfortunately it wasn’t our night.”
“We know how many penalties Harry has scored for us, how many goals he has contributed to even get us here. He will be stronger for this in the future. He is a world-class striker and our captain, he will bounce back,” Jordan Henderson informed reporters after the quarter-final loss.
“We felt good, the performances were really good, the focus and hunger has been really good. But you have to give credit to France who are a good team. I still feel it was there for us to win tonight,” Henderson added.
England’s hopes have been dashed by Aurelien Tchouameni’s early thunderbolt, just for Kane to stage from the spot and equal Wayne Rooney’s goalscoring document for the nationwide workforce. France’s all-time scorer Olivier Giroud restored the World Cup holders’ lead and it proved to be the winner after Kane blazed over a late penalty in a crushing 2-1 quarter-final exit.
England have an extended historical past of expensive spot-kick misses however usually these points come up in shootouts, just like the agonising Euro 2020 last defeat to Italy final summer time.
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Dec 11, 2022
