Lucy Bronze defends England’s penalty taking

England full-back Lucy Bronze has defended her team’s penalty taking after they once again had a spot-kick saved, this time in their Women’s World Cup semi-final loss to the United States.

Tuesday’s dramatic contest against the defending champions — which attracted an average 220,000 viewers on RTÉ2, and 11.7m on BBC1 — saw Christen Press put the United States in front with a 10th-minute header. Ellen White drew things level nine minutes later before Alex Morgan headed home what proved the winner just after the half-hour mark.