‘The worst penalty you’ve ever seen’: Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards channeled his inner ‘Big Meeks’ before lashing his ONLY ever penalty over in a pre-season defeat to Olympiacos
- Micah Richards lashed the ball into the orbit from 12-yards in a pre-season clash
- Manchester City suffered a penalty shoot-out defeat to Olympiakos in America
- The 33-year-old opened up on MOTD Top 10 podcast about his only-ever penalty
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has labelled his only-ever spot kick as ‘the worst penalty you’ve ever seen’.
The right back, and Sportsmail columnist, stepped up to the spot in an eventual shoot-out defeat to Greek side Olympiakos in America in the International Champions Cup back in 2014, after the match ended 2-2.
Richards decided to channel his inner Chris Waddle, and sprinted up to the ball before lashing it into orbit from 12-yards.
Micah Richards has labelled his only-ever spot-kick as ‘the worst penalty you’ve ever seen’
Richards lashed his penalty over the crossbar against Olympiakos in America back in 2014
At the time, the now TV pundit was subject to a series of memes and jokes following his horrendous penalty attempt.
The 33-year-old has now opened up on his only-ever penalty on MOTD Top 10 Podcast with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer while they looked through the Premier League’s best-ever set-piece takers.
When questioned if he has ever taken a penalty, Richards said: ‘Not in a real game, in a pre-season. It was the worst penalty you’ve ever seen.
Sportsmail’s Richards opened up his horrific miss from 12 yards on the MOTD Top 10 Podcast
‘In training, you know training is different.’
Lineker then interrupted to say: ‘It’s like being on the range in golf.’
Richards responded: ‘Stanch, putting them in no problem. (Manuel) Pellegrini was the manager.
‘So, then we were on pre-season, we were playing someone in Greece.
‘He goes to me, “You’re up”. I said, “What do you mean I’m up”?’
‘I said, I’m not going to take one, and he said, “Go on, you’ve been practicing all week, you’re really good at them.” So, I’ve got up, haven’t I?
The former right back insisted that he wasn’t going to take a penalty to boss Manuel Pellegrini
‘Walking up because I don’t know how to act for a penalty, you can’t be shy but you can’t be, I was too over confident.
‘You play mind games. So how shall I act?
‘Shall I be the confident Big Meeks? Or shall I be the timid Micah?
‘You know what I mean? So I was like, “Okay, let’s play the role of Big Meeks.”
‘I’m walking up, chest out. “I’m gonna put you in the stands.”
“I don’t think I’m just gonna roll it in, I tried to put in the stanch. Just as I was I got not cramp, it was like nervous energy through my legs – and I’ve hit it and it’s gone about five or six yards over the bar.’
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