While the Panenka is viewed as risky and flamboyant, when done correctly it’s a perfectly sensible and logical way of taking a penalty. That’s because spot kicks are all about deception, about persuading the goalkeeper you’re going to put it in one place, while actually putting it in another.

In fact, by scoring both of his penalties against Spurs this weekend, Palmer has set a new Premier League record, beating Yaya Touré’s previous record of eleven in a row. And the fact that the record-breaking twelfth, the goal that would end up being the winning goal on Sunday as well, was a Panenka, was just the absolute icing on the cake.