The Brazilian says his team-mate told him he was confident about scoring but insists he has no ill-feeling towards the England man despite the miss
Willian has confirmed he asked to take the crucial penalty which Ross Barkley failed to convert in Chelsea's Champions League loss to Valencia on Tuesday.
England international Barkley skimmed his attempt off the top of the crossbar in the 87th minute of the Premier League side's 1-0 home loss.
The midfielder had been introduced from the bench seven minutes earlier and only settled over the spot-kick following a debate with starters Willian and Jorginho.
Blues boss Frank Lampard later revealed Barkley to be the designated penalty taker but experienced winger Willian had hoped to be entrusted with the chance.
"He was confident about taking it and I asked to take it too," Willian said.
"But he was confident. He ended up missing it. That could happen to me or any other player, like Jorginho who also takes the penalties.
"It is important he keeps his head up. When you win, you win together and when you lose, you lose together too."
"We expected a positive result," Willian said.
"We expected to start at home with a victory, but unfortunately we lost it. We have five games left to qualify. I think we have a chance, of course.
"We have to improve and we have to keep our heads up and keep working. We have everything in front of us."
Darmyalone
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Tammy get ready for Van Dijk. You score you play for England You don't better play for Nigeria. ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Henryrukis
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HE WAS TOO CONFIDENT IN HIMSELF.. LIKE MAREZ THATS WHY HE SENT THE BALL TO THE MOON
Longlife2000
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I don't care about this post, I am still looking for the guy that sold calculator to my Grampa as iPhone 11 ๐ญ๐
Impartial1
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Any manager and coaching staff who chose a penalty taker for a man not sure to make the team has to be joking..common sense will tell you the penalty taker should be a regular starter
macaklry
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Good one from Willian. Barkley's shot is more convincing and very similar to Frank's penalty style. I think he's gonna perfect his kick sometimes soon.
lipabcknps
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If Hazard was there , everything would be different
If Lampard continues this way He will cause unrest in the dressing Room. I feel he is giving the young players too much of an edge over d senior players. How would mount be taking free kick away from Willain? That's absolute nonsense..! He should make the young players respect the senior players.