Eberechi Eze responds when asked if he'd take penalty for England at FIFA World Cup after missing crucial spot-kick in Arsenal's UCL final loss

× Eberechi Eze has responded when asked if he would take a penalty for England at the FIFA World Cup. This comes after the 27-year-old playmaker endured a shocking penalty miss in the Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Ad He was the first Arsenal player to miss from the spot in the tense shootout in Budapest last month.

His stuttering effort went wide of the target, a wasted opportunity to put the Gunners in front in the nerve-shredding contest. Gabriel Magalhaes blasted his own kick over the bar moments later to hand PSG a second successive European crown. The 27-year-old, who is part of England's FIFA World Cup squad, tackled the prospect of taking more penalties head-on while preparing with the Three Lions.

He said (via Metro): Ad Trending "If called upon, for sure. Why wouldn’t I take it? Football is full of everything and you have to try to accept everything as it is, to enjoy it as much as you can.

Playing in a Champions League final is where I want to be, it’s what I want to do." Ad He continued: "We’ll go for it again next season and if there is a penalty to take then I’ll be there again. All the big players have missed big penalties, have experienced these type of moments...

For me it’s not something I wish never happened. I’m grateful it happened. I’m going to grow from it, learn from it and move forward."

Ad The former Crystal Palace man further admitted that missing penalties "is part of the journey." He also had a memorable first campaign in north London, helping Arsenal win their first league title since 2004. Thomas Tuchel on Eberechi Eze ahead of England's FIFA World Cup opener England boss Thomas Tuchel moved quickly to shield Eze from any remaining anguish from losing the penalty in the UEFA Champions League final.

He promised the wider group would rally around the midfielder when everyone was back at their training base for their FIFA World Cup games. Ad Tuchel drew openly on his own bruising experience of losing showpiece occasions through the lottery of a shoot-out (via Metro): "I have lost some finals in a penalty shoot-out and it’s the closest way to lose and it hurts, of course. It hurts a lot to lose big finals but a penalty means you did everything right.

It couldn’t be closer. But it also means you were absolutely on the same level with maybe the best team in the world at the moment."The England boss gave his Arsenal contingent extra recovery time, freeing them from the warm-up friendly against New Zealand in Tampa.

Eze was one of four Arsenal players named in the FIFA World Cup squad, along with Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke and Declan Rice also selected. × Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Nnanna Mba Eberechi Eze has responded when asked if he would take a penalty for England at the FIFA World Cup.

This comes after the 27-year-old playmaker endured a shocking penalty miss in the Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. Ad He was the first Arsenal player to miss from the spot in the tense shootout in Budapest last month. His stuttering effort went wide of the target, a wasted opportunity to put the Gunners in front in the nerve-shredding contest.

Gabriel Magalhaes blasted his own kick over the bar moments later to hand PSG a second successive European crown. The 27-year-old, who is part of England's FIFA World Cup squad, tackled the prospect of taking more penalties head-on while preparing with the Three Lions. He said (via Metro): Ad Trending "If called upon, for sure.

Why wouldn’t I take it? Football is full of everything and you have to try to accept everything as it is, to enjoy it as much as you can. Playing in a Champions League final is where I want to be, it’s what I want to do."

Ad He continued: "We’ll go for it again next season and if there is a penalty to take then I’ll be there again. All the big players have missed big penalties, have experienced these type of moments... For me it’s not something I wish never happened.

I’m grateful it happened. I’m going to grow from it, learn from it and move forward." Ad The former Crystal Palace man further admitted that missing penalties "is part of the journey."

He also had a memorable first campaign in north London, helping Arsenal win their first league title since 2004. Thomas Tuchel on Eberechi Eze ahead of England's FIFA World Cup opener England boss Thomas Tuchel moved quickly to shield Eze from any remaining anguish from losing the penalty in the UEFA Champions League final. He promised the wider group would rally around the midfielder when everyone was back at their training base for their FIFA World Cup games.

Ad Tuchel drew openly on his own bruising experience of losing showpiece occasions through the lottery of a shoot-out (via Metro): "I have lost some finals in a penalty shoot-out and it’s the closest way to lose and it hurts, of course. It hurts a lot to lose big finals but a penalty means you did everything right. It couldn’t