“He was caught in two minds” – Okocha faults Harry Kane for missed penalty

Ex-international Austin Okocha has blamed England captain Harry Kane for lacking the second penalty which denied the three lions the chance of a minimum of going degree towards France within the quarter last of the World Cup in Qatar.

The striker haven gotten his first purpose from the spot and cancelling Aurélien Tchouaméni’s lead had the chance to copy similar comparable effort after his teammate Mason Mount was fouled within the field.

Kane kicked the ball past the purpose put up and England by no means got here again into the sport with France successful 2-1.

This after the sport former Bolton midfielder Okocha reviewed Kane was “nervous and caught on two minds earlier than” taking the penalty.

“I assumed he seemed nervous. His nerves obtained the most effective of him, penalty is a thoughts recreation particularly if you’ve scored one,”Okocha mentioned

“You begin questioning ought to I’m going the identical nook, ought to I alter issues and I although he was caught in two minds.

“However take nothing away from Le Blue, they got here with a recreation plan and I believe that’s typical of this event, groups have discovered methods to a win video games they don’t care if it’s ugly, they may take consequence and so they play for the consequence immediately,” Okocha concluded.

By Olujimi Dare Ogun