Conte says, Courtois one of the best penalty takers

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte, insisted goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was one of his squad's best penalty takers in practice before his shoot-out horror show at Wembley in the Community Shield.

Belgium international Courtois had the chance to be the Premier League champions' hero between the posts in the traditional season curtain raiser after Arsenal newboy Sead Kolasinac cancelled out Victor Moses' opener to secure a 1-1 draw.

But he stepped forward to face down opposite number Petr Cech from 12 yards, blazing horribly over the bar, and, with Chelsea's record signing Alvaro Morata also off target from the spot, Arsenal prevailed 4-1.

"Courtois is one of the best players to kick a penalty," Conte told a post-match news conference.

"If you have a player that shows you during the training session to be one of the best, you pick him to play, to shoot the penalty.

"Don't forget also that Morata is a forward and he did the same."

UCJ, UNILORIN.