Bradley Barcola’s actions in penalty shoot out questioned by former Liverpool player after win over Chelsea

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He certainly does not appear to be the kind of player who will be desperate to take responsibility from the penalty spot, for example, and that was clear during Wednesday’s Carabao Cup shootout win over Chelsea, when Barcola was named as the sixth taker. The France international showed no shortage of confidence to clip home into the top corner, but that he did so after Kostas Tsimikas had passed up the chance to win the tie as Liverpool’s fifth – and in theory, final – taker has been questioned by former Red Conor Coady, who wanted to see Barcola down as one of the regulation five.

Who are your favourites to win it now? 👀 Barcola should have taken Liverpool’s last penalty With the tie on the line, it must have been a surprise to every Liverpool supporter to see Tsimikas step forward with the ball. The Greek’s spot-kick won the 2022 FA Cup final against Chelsea, but he was down as the seventh taker that day.

He has not taken one since, and though he looked confident – juggling the ball as he waited for Blues goalkeeper Mike Penders to prepare himself – Coady was puzzled as to why Barcola was not chosen to go last. “I know Tsimikas has won it for Liverpool before and he’s obviously confident within himself, because they’ll have spoken about it the day before the game, talking about who’s confident enough to take one, who’s got experience being in penalty shootouts before.” “The price-tag they’ve paid for Barcola, the goals he can score, the way he can play and the quality he has, you want to see him on number five for me really.” In Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo, Liverpool have four proven penalty takers who they know they can rely on in situations like these.