Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has vowed to bounce back from his heart-breaking penalty miss in their World Cup quarter-final defeat to Uruguay.

The Black Stars crashed out of the tournament on penalties after Gyan spurned a gilt-edged chance to seal their fate deep in extra-time but smashed his penalty off the bar after Luis Suarez had handled on the line. Sulley Muntari had ignited African hopes in the first half before Diego Forlan’s equaliser gave the South Americans parity ten minutes into the second half.

“‘ll bounce back, I’m strong mentally. I had the courage to take the penalty, but that’s normal, I’m the penalty taker,” he told the press after the game.
“But that’s not the game, now he [Luis Suarez] is the hero in his country, the ball was going in, he stopped it and I missed the penalty. That’s the way it is.”

Source: Goal