Neil Taylor willing to take a penalty for Wales at Euro 2016

Neil Taylor says he is willing to take a penalty and exorcise his Olympic demons should Wales' Euro 2016 showdown against Northern Ireland be settled by spot-kicks.

The Wales defender was part of the Great Britain side which lost to South Korea in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals at London 2012.

But, having scored his first goal for six years in Wales' 3-0 victory over Russia on Monday night, Taylor says he has no qualms over stepping up at the Parc des Princes to take a spot-kick if needed.

"I've only taken them on the training ground, or on FIFA," Taylor said about the prospect of penalties in Paris on Saturday.

"But I think everybody has to put their hands up for a penalty. You have to be willing to take one in a tournament, you have to do it for your team.

"We've obviously got more specialists in the team than me. But if it comes to it, it might take 10 penalties before it's decided."

Rewind four years and Taylor was in Stuart Pearce's GB side which were going for Olympic gold on home soil.

They had fought their way through the group stages but, after Taylor's Wales team-mate Aaron Ramsey had scored and missed a penalty in normal time in the Cardiff quarter-final, South Korea prevailed in a spot-kick contest.

"It was cruel. I remember South Korea taking the best penalties I've ever seen in any tournament," said Taylor.

"I actually spoke to Ki [Sung-yueng] when he moved to Swansea, and he said that South Korea were playing for penalties because they knew how good they were at them.

"We were good at them as well. But you can practice as much as you want, when it comes to the actual game the keeper might go the right way or he might not and that determines whether it's a good penalty or not.

"I've obviously had that experience, the disappointment of it, and I hope it doesn't happen again."

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