Asamoah Gyan bemoans his penalty miss after Ghana lose to South Korea

FIFA World Cup : Asamoah Gyan (Ghana vs Uruguay) – (Gettyimages)

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Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has admitted his penalty miss against South Korea was one of his poorest ever after the Black Stars lost 2-1 in an international friendly at Jeonju World Cup Stadium.

Gyan, who missed a high-pressure penalty kick against Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup, failed to pull his side level on 14 minutes after his low penalty was comfortably saved by Korean goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryeon.

The Sunderland striker eventually made amends, scoring after Sulley Muntari’s defence-splitting pass found him, but it was not enough as Ghana lost their first game under Serbian coach Goran Stevanovic.

Speaking to ETV, the forward acknowledged that he could have done much better with his attempt from 12 yards.

“It was a poor kick I didn’t see the goalkeeper moving,” said 25-year-old Gyan.

“There was no power in it so I will say it is one of the poorest kicks I have ever taken.

“You know it is one of those things but I came back to score so I’m OK about it.”

The Ghana superstar similarly missed some glorious chances in the friendly game against England, but still managed to score the equaliser deep into injury time. Gyan said his resilience comes from his mental toughness.

Gyan added: “Personally, I’m somebody who is mentally strong no matter what.

“As I always say, I don’t doubt my quality at all so any time things go wrong I have to compromise myself and come back strongly.

“So that is what happened. I missed the penalty in the first half and I said to myself ‘we’ve got more time so I have to come back and score’ and I did that.”