Didier Drogba has supplied Harry Kane his help after the Tottenham striker missed a decisive penalty in opposition to France as England fell to a 2-1 defeat within the final eight of the World Cup.
The Ivory Coast legend was filled with reward for the Three Lions skipper’s performances within the event, and insisted that the expertise would solely show to be a profit in future.
Kane had taken to Twitter on Sunday morning within the aftermath of the gut-wrenching defeat to assert ‘accountability’ for the missed penalty, and admitted that he felt ‘completely gutted’.
Didier Drogba supplied Harry Kane his help within the aftermath of his missed penalty kick
‘It can damage, however you’re a true Captain and chief,’ mentioned Drogba on Twitter.
‘Actually like the way in which you performed throughout this World Cup, an instance for strikers to observe: rating, help, maintain and lead!!
‘It can take time to recover from it however this may make you stronger!!!’
Having scored from 12 yards earlier within the sport, Kane skied his spot-kick on 81 minutes to tie the sport with lower than ten minutes on the clock.
Kane took to Twitter himself to take ‘accountability’ for the error that noticed England crash out
Drogba himself is not any stranger to the sensation, having missed a penalty in opposition to Zambia within the remaining of AFCON 2012 to win the sport in regular time, though Ivory Coast did go on to win the gam 8-7 on penalties, with Drogba changing within the shootout.
Kane had buried his earlier spot-kick ebfore lacking late on
The England star was aiming to bury the prospect excessive within the web to the left-hand aspect, however caught the ball improper sending it over the bar, spurning a gilt-edged likelihood for the Three Lions to get again within the sport late on.
France had taken the lead within the seventeenth minute after an excellent 25-yard strike from Actual Madrid’s Aurelien Tchouameni and took a 1-0 lead into the break.
Kane’s first penalty drew England degree, sending French goalkeeper – and Tottenham colleague – Hugo Lloris the improper approach to discover the underside left nook.
Nevertheless a tiny slip-up from Harry Maguire was punished French file goalscorer Olivier Giroud on 78 minutes, simply three minutes previous to Kane’s missed spot-kick try.
Little greater than 12 hours after England crashed out of the event, Kane had taken to Twitter to ship out a message to his followers
‘Completely gutted,’ wrote the England captain. ‘We’ve given it every thing and it’s come right down to a small element which I take accountability for.
‘There’s no hiding from it, it hurts and it’ll take a while to recover from it however that’s a part of sport.’
