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I'm just not worried. The panache with which he put those two penalties away was such a contrast with the sort of penalty misses we've seen from Spurs in recent years. Why do we denigrate goals scored from penalties when so many players find them difficult? He's playing an effective role within the team. His movement is fine and intelligent. I reckon if his and Defoe's roles were reversed then Defoe would have missed at least one of those pens (because he always does), and Soldado would have bagged plenty in the cup games.
£26m is a lot to pay for someone who is good at taking penalties!