Harry Kane of England reacts throughout the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter-final match between England and France at Al Bayt Stadium on December 10, 2022, in Al Khor, Qatar.
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Harry Kane was left “gutted” on Saturday after lacking a vital penalty in England’s 2-1 World Cup quarter-final defeat to France.

England skipper Kane blazed an 84th minute spot-kick over the bar that may have levelled the rating at 2-2 on the Al Bayt Stadium.

It was one other merciless chapter in England’s decades-long psychodrama revolving round main tournaments and penalty heartaches.

Kane had earlier made no mistake with one other penalty on 54 minutes that noticed him equal Wayne Rooney’s England goalscoring tally of 53 objectives.

“As the captain, I’ll take that on the chin and that duty, lacking the penalty, so it is exhausting,” Kane mentioned afterwards.

“Really powerful night time to take. I’m gutted, the workforce are gutted. We had the idea that we might obtain one thing particular at this World Cup, but it surely got here right down to small particulars.

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“On the night time we had the higher probabilities, the higher spells within the recreation, but it surely comes right down to the execution.”

Kane, 29, is among the most dependable penalty-takers in world soccer, changing 58 spotkicks all through his profession with solely 11 misses.

The England captain mentioned he had felt assured as he lined up his second penalty of the night time towards France goalkeeper and Tottenham team-mate Hugo Lloris.

“I’m somebody who, every time I put together, put together for one penalty within the recreation, two penalties, so I can not fault my preparation or element,” Kane mentioned.

“In the lead-up I felt as assured as I did on the primary as I did on the second. It purely comes right down to execution. I’ll take that on the chin.

“Of course it hurts now and it will harm for in all probability a very long time, however that is a part of being captain and a frontrunner within the workforce, it’s a must to take duty.”

Kane had appeared inconsolable on the ultimate whistle, hunched on the turf as team-mates rallied to his help.

England supervisor Gareth Southgate sprang to Kane’s defence.

“There’s no one I might have reasonably had in that state of affairs and if we had one tomorrow I’d really feel precisely the identical method,” Mr. Southgate mentioned.

“For me he is been a unbelievable chief of this group.

“He’s the most effective however the most effective are nonetheless 85% [success rate] so even the most effective are going to overlook at instances in order that’s soccer.

“It’s merciless for him as a result of he’ll really feel disenchanted in himself however he should not as a result of it is 100 minutes of soccer and there is a whole lot of issues that may occur when it comes to successful a recreation.”