Ray Purchase
Player Valuation: £8m
When he is on it, one of the most exciting and direct players we have seen for awhile.
I believe it was Roy Vernon, he only ever missed one.Law of averages he's going to miss sometime, even the very best footballers miss pens matey. Who was our best ever penalty taker, Baines or Unsworth, or anyone else I've not mentioned ?
Trevor Steven?
That’s not too bad. Too young to have seen Vernon (though I have his shirt from that Fulham game)Just looked that up Trev don't know how reliable it is, but he supposedly took 29 pens for Everton with an 89% success rate.
Game finished 5-0. Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye were subbed off on 71 minutes with Senegal leading 4-0. Senegal are 2 points clear of DR Congo at the top of their group with one game left against lowly Mauritania so in pole position to qualify for next Summer's World Cup.
Checked the highlights as Flashscore only gave him the first assist. The second one was another lovely dribble with a cross pushed out by the keeper into the path of Mané who tapped in. So possibly not officially an assist but great play anyway.