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penalty spot
noun
A small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken
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Halfway line to penalty spot.
Rooney beat Federici from the penalty spot.
Barry pointed to the penalty spot.
Marko Arnautovic scored a late consolation from the penalty spot.
Its two goals were both scored from the penalty spot.
Referee points to the penalty spot after a short delay.
Samuel Eto'o scored twice, once from the penalty spot.
Olivier Giroud has opened the scoring, from the penalty spot.
The referee pointed to the penalty spot twice.
The Arsenal midfielder Xhaka's goal came from the penalty spot.
Patterson held his nerve to score from the penalty spot.
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