Aston Villa: James Milner ready to pass spot test at World Cup
Nov 12 2009 by Mathew Kendrick, Birmingham Mail
James Milner
“I’ll definitely be up for taking a penalty at the World Cup,” he said. “I’ll always put myself forward for penalties.
“I know I’ve had a bit of a bad time recently. It is one of those things. It is how you bounce back from that.
“It’s one of those things happening at Villa at the moment. Whoever is taking them, the penalties just don’t seem to be going in. We’ve missed three or four this season.
“But I’ve got confidence and scored a few penalties before this bad run, believe it or not.
“Everyone has bad runs. It is about how you come through the other side.
“I wouldn’t be put off by the pressure of a World Cup.
“What prepares you are youth and Under-21 tournaments for England and the Premier League. Those are pressure situations anyway.
“I’ve taken a few in the Under-21s. In the previous European Championships tournament when we went to a penalty shoot-out against Holland I scored them both.
“Maybe those sort of tournaments are not quite the same in terms of pressure of a World Cup semi-final or final, but it’s having the practice of being in a similar situation.”
