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Cherries' penalty takers and potential shootout order analysed
06.11.26, 15:03 Updated 06.11.26, 15:53 5 Minute Read
AFC Bournemouth are four from four in the Europa League after surviving a scare to beat Sparta Prague, but Cherries are now only three from four when it comes to penalty kicks.
Marco Rose’s side were awarded their fourth spot kick in four European games out in Czechia, another handball incident that probably wouldn’t have been given in the Premier League.
Eyebrows were raised when Lewis Cook stepped up to take the penalty, conferring with Ryan Christie as a brief VAR check came and went without interfering with play.
The midfield duo were Cherries’ most experienced penalty takers on the pitch, despite not associating either man with many goals.
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Starting his journalism career covering local non-league football at the age of 14, Dorset-native Jack Tanner covered Cherries for the Bournemouth Daily Echo for the best part of four years. After a brief stint covering AFC Bournemouth on a freelance basis for national newspapers, Jack went on to cover boxing for The Independent.