Ramsgate striker Joe Taylor in good company when it comes to missing penalties and says he’ll never duck responsibility after converting injury-time spot-kick to beat Sevenoaks

Joe Taylor has missed four penalties this season but there was only one man for the job when Ramsgate were awarded an injury-time spot-kick on Saturday.

Taylor stepped up to complete his hat-trick and earn a 3-2 victory at Sevenoaks as unbeaten Rams went top of Isthmian South East with a 14th win from 15 games.

The striker’s latest treble took his goal tally for the season to 26 in all competitions, with 18 in the league.

He’d already be on 30 but for those missed penalties, including a double miss against Margate in the Kent Senior Cup.

But he showed his mental strength to take responsibility at Sevenoaks and deliver the winning goal.

“Part of being a penalty-taker is missing penalties,” said Rams skipper Taylor.

“There were calls for me to come off penalties but England didn’t give up on Harry Kane when he missed a penalty in the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo missed in the Champions League final and still takes penalties and Lionel Messi’s missed penalties.

“I’ve been a penalty-taker for so many years now and when you miss it’s about regaining your composure, going back to your basics and your routine.

“A lot of people said to me that must have been nervous on Saturday after missing a few but it’s just normal for me.

“I will miss more penalties in the future but I will still back myself over anyone at this level to take a penalty and there is no one else I’d have wanted on that ball than myself.

“You need that mental strength and if you don’t back yourself, nobody else is going to back you.

“I remember Ronaldo in the Euros, he was getting a lot of flak because he’s getting on and he missed a penalty in the 90 minutes to send Portugal through, then he stepped up first in the penalty shoot-out and buried it.

“He came out