Crystal Palace manager, Roy Hodgson has revealed why he ordered Ivorian international, Wilfred Zaha to retake Jordan Ayew’s penalty in their tie against Manchester United.
The 2019/2020 player of the year for Crystal Palace despite helping his side to seal a 3-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford saw his penalty being saved by David de Gea only for a retake to be ordered by VAR as the Spain international stepped off his line.
However, Wilfred Zaha stepped up to smash the ball high into the net.
Hodgson explaining why he called for another player to retake the penalty instead of Ayew said "I don’t think it’s good for a player to miss a penalty and then to immediately take another one. I think your confidence is affected by the miss,” Hodgson told the club website.
“It wasn’t a good penalty, it was quite a comfortable save by De Gea and I’m pretty sure if I had allowed him to take the penalty, he might well have scored it. But I didn’t think it was a good idea to take that chance.
"I had an experience long in the past where our penalty taker - who never missed penalties - missed two in the same game in a European tie and ever since that moment I’ve thought it’s not a great idea to have the guy who’s missed take the second one."
Crystal Palace will take on in-form Everton on Saturday.