How much did he cost? (Video)

No matter how good a striker is he has always been guilty of missing a sitter or two. Only the truly gifted can put the ball in the back of the net every time and even then some of the best have missed a few gilt-edged chances.

Just look at Fernando Torres, ok maybe he’s not the best example.

Robin Van Persie is one of the best strikers in the Premier League but even he can guilty of missing the odd chance.

But on Saturday the man known as RVP missed an open goal in the highly entertaining match between Manchester United and Reading.

The match finished 4-3 in United’s favour but it could have easily been more, especially if their top scorer this season hadn’t forgotten to pack his shooting boots.

I’m being slightly unfair as it wasn’t the easiest of chances in the world, I’ve seen easier ones that this missed (I’m looking at you Kanu) but for a player of Van Persie’s talent there is only one place the ball should have ended up.

And that’s not in the stands.

Robert Lock

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