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#1 Thibaut Courtois
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When it comes to stopping penalties, Thibaut Courtois is one of the most reliable goalkeepers. The Belgian’s huge frame allows him to cover a lot of space, which in turn makes him a great shot-stopper.
On the other side of the coin, though, he failed to make a mark when being gifted the chance to do so. In the Community Shield at the beginning of the season, Arsenal, the FA Cup champions, were pitted against the champions of England, Chelsea.
The match ended 1-1 after full-time and penalties were the only way to determine the winner of the match. Chelsea started their penalties with captain Gary Cahill blasting the ball past former team-mate, Petr Cech, to open the scoring for his team.
To the surprise of many, however, the next kick taker for Chelsea was Thibaut Courtois. The decision to send him as the second taker was because, apparently, he hits them well according to his manager, Antonio Conte.
But – surprise, surprise! – he blasted the ball way over the cross-bar. The Belgian must have mistaken the penalty for a goal kick because that is the only viable explanation for the way he missed that as the ball safely landed on Mars a few days later.
