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MAN UTD NEAR RECORD FOR MOST PENALTIES IN PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON

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Manchester United are on course to threaten the record for the most penalties awarded in a Premier League season after a spot-kick helped to rescue a point for them at Tottenham Hotspur on Friday night. 

Bruno Fernandes’ 81st-minute spot-kick that earned Manchester United a 1-1 draw was the 11th that they had won this season. 

With eight matches remaining for United in 2019/20, they are just two shy of the record of 13 penalties awarded, shared by Crystal Palace  in 2004/05 and Leicester City in their title-winning 2015/16 season.

United are already only one short of their own club record of 12 from last term.

They would have equalled that total had the Video Assistant Referee not overturned a second spot-kick awarded to them by referee Jon Moss in the final minute of normal time on Friday.

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Not surprisingly, since the start of last season, United’s 23 penalties taken and 16 scored are more than any other Premier League side. 

Spot-kick woes

However, United are less likely to threaten the mark for the most penalties scored in a season.

Of the 11 they have taken this season, four have been missed.

Palace and the Chelsea team of 2009/10 jointly hold the record for the most penalties scored, with 11. Palace’s were all scored by Andy Johnson, an individual competition record in a season. 

Most penalties in a season
Season Team Penalties awardedPenalties scored 
2004/05Crystal Palace1311
2015/16Leicester City1310
1994/95Blackburn Rovers1210
2006/07Arsenal1210
2009/10Chelsea1211
2013/14Liverpool1210
2018/19Manchester United129
1993/94Newcastle United119
1993/94Tottenham Hotspur117
2011/12Manchester United119
2012/13Chelsea119
2018/19Crystal Palace1110
2019/20Manchester United117
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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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