Will Lyle Taylor stay on penalty kick duty for Charlton Athletic? Lee Bowyer provides the answer

BY RICHARD CAWLEY

Lyle Taylor will stay on penalty duties for Charlton – despite failing to convert from the spot for the second time this season.

Rochdale’s Brendan Moore dived low to his left to keep out the forward’s effort at the Crown Oil Arena on Saturday.

But that drew no criticism from Addicks manager Lee Bowyer. He said: “The keeper has gambled and made a great save.

“There is nothing wrong with the penalty, it’s right in the bottom corner and probably a foot inside the post and he’s hit it with power.

“You have got to remember that goalkeepers study players – where they put their penalties and what their favourite side is.

“Lyle changed that last time and went down the middle. It’s a guessing game – a 50-50 chance for the keepers. It will always be that way.

“Nothing changes for me. If Lyle says ‘you know what, I’m not going to take one’ then that’s his decision. But in my eyes, he takes the next one.

“Because the next person can step up and the keeper could save that as well.

“You have got to draw a line. Lyle is our penalty taker and if he doesn’t fancy it, like he didn’t the other week when Tariqe [Fosu] took it, then that happens.

“But he has first refusal.”