At the dawn of Sunday, in the third round match of the English Football Cup, Chelsea, who are back in form, swept Preston at home by 4-0, winning all three matches in a row and advancing to the fourth round. In the match, England striker Staines unlocked a new skill as Chelsea's penalty taker with a brilliant penalty kick goal that broke the scoreline for the second consecutive match.
Chelsea didn't win easily against Championship side Preston. For more than half of the match, both sides failed to break through each other's goal. It was only in the 58th minute that Bucha's header broke the deadlock. Chelsea then went on the offensive, with Thiago Schwarz scoring from a corner kick in the 66th minute, followed by Staanen scoring a penalty kick from outside the box in the 69th minute to increase the lead to 3-0, and then in the 85th minute, Staanen scored again with an assist from Ansell Fernandes to make it a 4-0 victory.
Staanen has scored his seventh goal in all competitions this season, breaking a one-and-a-half month goal drought. His last goal was scored away to Newcastle at the end of November last year, also from outside the box, from a penalty kick.Opta data shows that in the first 168 games of his Premier League career, only one goal was scored from a penalty kick, but the last two goals were scored directly from penalties, making him an instant "penalty king! ".
