Dyer Apologies for Penalty Miss
By Matthew Jones
August 28 2003
Kieron Dyer has today apologised to both is teammates and the fans for his penalty miss. Alan Shearer, Jonathon Woodgate, and Aaron Hughes also missed thier spot-kicks as Newcastle crashed ouf of the Champions League Qualifiers.
Newcastle United's Kieron Dyer has today apologised to both is teammates and the fans for his penalty miss against Partizan Belgrade last night.
Dyer took United's second penalty and failed to score. Alan Shearer took the first, and hit it straight into the stand.
"We had a few chances during the game but did not make them count.
"We desperately wanted to be back in the Champions League and we're gutted not to be in there.
"We gave so much effort and commitment but Partizan also played well and made life difficult.
"It was a tough game but we have to bounce back.
"In the last five or 10 minutes of extra time we had three or four of our lads suffering with serious cramp but we dug in and just tried to keep going in the hope we'd get the goal.
"As for the penalties, I'm not one of those people who says the shoot-outs are a lottery.
"I missed mine and I've apologised to the manager and my team-mates and I'll apologise to the fans."