Kieran Shannon: Penalty heartbreak happens to the best of them

For all the Golden Boots you might win, it does not make you immune to pressure. In fact, studies have shown, it can even make you more vulnerable

HEARTBREAK: England's Harry Kane appears dejected following defeat after the FIFA World Cup quarter-final match at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. Pic: PA

If it’s any consolation to Harry Kane, it has happened to the best of them.

On Saturday night we found ourselves not for the first time comparing and contrasting England’s current talisman and that of his 1990s predecessor, one Alan Shearer. Newcastle’s finest, we momentarily thought, would have nailed that penalty because he’d have had the nerve and bottle for it.