Ademola Lookman has vowed to come back stronger following his stoppage time penalty miss, which cost Fulham a share of the points against West Ham at the weekend.
Lookman had the chance to claim a vital and deserved point for Fulham after they were awarded a 98th minute penalty.
But the 23-year-old attempted a Paneka, with so little power that West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski had time to dive and stand himself up once more before catching the ball.
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Fulham boss Scott Parker expressed his frustration after the costly miss.
“The penalty – the boy has made a mistake, that’s clear. You can miss a penalty, but you can’t miss a penalty like that. He knows that. When you’re young you have to learn quick.
“He’s disappointed and rightly so. Everyone can miss penalties of course but in a certain way. This is football, growing as an individual and we’ll learn from this.
“I’m not going to shirk away from the penalty miss, I’m angry, and he [Lookman] is as well. You just can’t miss a penalty like that. If you take one like that, you have to score.”
And reacting to the miss, Lookman says he takes full responsibility and promised to score if he gets another chance from the spot.
“I take full responsibility and onus for it. To my teammates, manager and the supporters I vow to put the next one in. I will not let one failure hold me back,” he wrote on his verified Twitter handle.
Fulham are in 17th place on four points and are just a point outside the relegation zone.
By James Agberebi
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I hope nff would expedite action on Lokoman switching of allegiance to Nigeria,if possible mounting pressure on FIFA, before covetous Southgate snatches him from our nose
He shall be cleared before march next year. He along with Ejaria shall be freed to start doning the colours of Nigeria by the 1st quarter of next year. No qualms!
I see you taking over from Ahmed musa When ever he decides to retire (if you decide to play for Nigeria that is). Nigeria has always had quality, fast, skilful wingers and you fit the description.
My selection for the sierra Leone game:
OKOYE
AWAZIEM. EKONG. BALOGUN. ZAIDU
AJAYI
ETEBO. ARIBO.
CHUKWUEZE. IWOBI
OSIMHEN.
@Sportsfan… So like coach Rohr you want to convert Semi Ajayi to DM now shey? Let him fight at centre back where he plays in his club… I will rather have Shehu at DM position, Shehu seems more natural and a better ball player than Semi Ajayi.
I don’t even want to see ajayi and shehu start the match. we should start with our two centre midfielders and iwobi as no10.
@sportsfan, what’s is iwobi looking for in the wing? iwobi would be average if he plays in that position especially considering super eagles current style of play. the times iwobi played really well for us, not just some short spark of dexterity, he has always done it in the middle of the park – against Argentina friendly, this Afcon qualifiers where we faced one north African side (I’ve forgotten their name) where ighalo scored hattrick, and many more.
I don’t support awaziem playing as a fullback too. he has done well in position, no doubt, but we’ve better options now with ebuehi and ola aina. remember also that Kingsley is coming soon. for me, awaziem as a centerback can challenge ekong in that position, talk less of akpoguma or even ajayi.
someone in this forum commented on looking into alhassan Ibrahim and another guy (this another guy is yet to prove himself). I’m not in support of bringing players randomly just because they did well in two or three games consecutively. but I think Ibrahim got talent, he is young which means we can draft him into ’22 plans. I also think his qualities differs from that of ndidi though they play in the same position. ndidi is a destroyer, scatters the opposition game play, and no doubt he is one of the best in that role (if not the best in the world). but Ibrahim is the anchor man, the deep-lying playmaker (just like pirlo). both have qualities that we can joggle against teams depending on their style of play. unfortunately (for ibrahim, but fortunately for us), ibrahim has to battle this position against frank onyeka (another ndidi), then semi ajayi, shehu Abdullahi (rohr has placed him higher than Mikel Agu).
as for semi ajayi playing as a defensive midfielder, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. mascherano played as a defender for barcelona but played DMF for Argentina. as long as you play at world stage and that position is kind of familiar, you will be better than a player that is a natural in that position if he’s playing at a mediocre league. this applies to ajayi. the CB position is too competitive in super eagles, why drop a quality defender (awaziem or tosin adarabioyo, in this case) when you lack candidates for DMF and ajayi can play there.
I hope that no winger starts for the match, not chukwueze not ejuke. their contribution to goals are average (almost poor) this season.
these are my opinion though.