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Would Joonas Jokinen cure Celtic's penalty problem?

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Gary Hooper Celtic newsWho would bet against Anthony Stokes or Gary Hooper scoring from the penalty spot?

Unfortunately both strikers have failed in their latest efforts from 12 yards out.

After smashing a spectacular effort past Mark Brown on Wednesday Hooper sent his second penalty past the post when presented with the chance to complete a hat-trick.

At Pittodrie in February Stokes failed for the first time from the penalty spot allowing Hooper to take over penalty responsibility.

The art of penalty taking has always been a bit of a mystery with full-backs such as Tommy Gemmell and Andy Lynch amongst the best penalty takers that Celtic have had with Artur Boruc claiming a 100% record after netting against Lucasz Zaluska in the CIS Cup semi-final in 2009.

Former Finnish youth international Joonas Jokinen has taken the art of penalty taking to a new level playing for FC Baar in Switzerland.

Nothing seems remarkable about watching his penalty for the first time but with slow motion his back-flip becomes clear.

Watching a penalty being taken in the run in to the SPL title will be nerve wracking enough- testing Neil Lennon’s nerves with a backflip might be pushing things too far.

And how foolish will the bold Jonas look if he completes his back-flip and sees the goalkeeper stretched out with the ball in his hands!

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