On target: Hart

Hart was the last England goalkeeper to emerge victorious from a penalty shootout, in the semi-final of the European Under 21 Championship in Sweden in 2009. England won 5-4, with Hart booked for ungentlemanly conduct for engaging too openly with Sweden’s takers. He was banned for the final against Germany, which England lost 4-0.

‘We were 3-0 up at half-time, so you can take it that the second half wasn’t great,’ he recalled. ‘Extra time was a waste of time, as always, but it was a good shootout.’

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