For the first time this season, Mohamed Salah missed a penalty kick, during Liverpool's match against Bournemouth in the English Premier League, which the Egyptian star and his companions lost, Saturday.
In the 70th minute, the referee awarded a penalty kick to Liverpool, at a time when the team was 0-1 behind, to be executed by Salah in a strange way, high and far from the post to the stands. The shot returned an important question: Is Salah considered an outstanding penalty taker?-ADVERTISEMENT-Ads These statistics help reach the appropriate answer: The number of penalty kicks recorded in Salah’s history in all tournaments with clubs and the national team: 30. The number of penalty kicks recorded in the 2022-2023 season: 3. The number of missed penalty kicks in Salah’s history in all tournaments with clubs and the national team: 6. List of missed kicks: October 2017: He missed a penalty kick against Huddersfield in the English Premier League. September 2018: He missed two penalties against Niger in the African Nations qualifiers. September 2021: He missed a penalty kick against Milan in the Champions League. December 2021: He missed Penalty kick against Leicester City in the English Premier League. March 2023: He missed a penalty kick against Bournemouth in the Premier League. Salah's penalty kick percentage: 83 percent.
Compared to penalty specialists (penalty kick percentage):
Portuguese Bruno Fernandez: 90 percent.
Polish Robert Lewandowski: 89 percent.
Spaniard Sergio Ramos: 86 percent.
Italian Jorginho: 85 percent.
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo: 84 percent.
England's Harry Kane: 84 percent.
French Karim Benzema: 82 percent.
Argentine Lionel Messi: 78 percent.