Taking a penalty in front of 100,000 fans was a real pressure cooker situation... just ask John Barnes. So when the England and Liverpool legend likens Celebrity MasterChef to taking a spot kick, the heat must be on.
John – who scored one of England’s all-time great goals, against Brazil – hits our screens this week for the latest instalment of the cooking challenge.
And he says: “In football it’s all about, ‘Can I take a penalty in front of 100,000 people?’ I felt if I could do it in training, in front of nobody, why couldn’t I do it in front of 100,000? “So if I can cook for my kids at home, why can’t I cook on television in front of excellent chefs, with people judging you? “It was really a test – can I really do what I think I can?” J
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