RAUL JIMENEZ has made Premier League history by converting his TWELTH consecutive penalty.
Mexican star , 34, now holds the record for the most penalties scored without a single miss – .
Raul Jimenez scores Fulhams’ first of the eveningCredit: Shutterstock Editorial
After being brought down himself by , Jimenez stepped up to take the 85th-minute spot-kick to win one back for
He placed the ball in the top-left corner and wrote his name into history.
Jimenez even got a pat on the back from United keeper Senne Lammens, .
The goal brought the game back to 2-1 before Fulham equalised in the 91st minute, only for Benjamin Sesko to score a 94th-minute winner.
Jimenez’s perfect penalty record began during his stint at , where his first came from a 3-2 loss to in November 2018.
His clinical form has continued at Fulham, where he has both taken and scored 11 penalties since.
Following his calm conversion against in December, he matched Premier League record for the most penalties taken and converted without a single miss.
However,his goal against the saw him take Toure to statistically become the very best penalty taker in the Prem.
Jimenez and Toure are the only players to boast a double-digit record, although is not far behind with nine.
holds the record for most penalties scored at 56, but is simultaneously joint with for the most misses, at 11.
Whilst Jimenez looks to extend his perfect run of penalties, his style is composed, clinical and he’s also admitted that he deliberately waits for the goalkeeper to commit before slotting his spot-kicks home.
This is partly the reason why he has only two career misses out of 45 attempts.
His first miss came for Mexico in 2018, and the second occured in a yellow shirt during a Europa League game with Wolves in 2020.
The striker is Mexico’s highest-scoring Premier League player with 65 goals across seven seasons.
Eze Chidiebere Paul
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