Worcester City 1 - 1 Scunthorpe United - Llera settles spot-kick for Iron

Posted Thursday, December 18, 2014 by PA

Miguel Llera's spot-kick brought an end to non-league Worcester's fairytale run in the FA Cup in extraordinary fashion as Scunthorpe won their second-round replay 14-13 on penalties.

The Spaniard, who had a chance to win it before the sudden-death spot kicks but saw his effort saved by Nathan Vaughan, held his nerve on the 32nd penalty of the match to knock out the Conference North side, who had held the Iron to a 1-1 scoreline after extra time.

As had been the case in their first encounter, Worcester had earlier come from behind to level the match - former Manchester United trainee Sean Geddes cancelling out Paddy Madden's first-half goal.

Scunthorpe almost took an early lead when Neal Bishop flicked on Gary McSheffrey's corner but Tyler Weir cleared off the line.

Daniel Nti found the side netting midway through the first half before Madden scored on the stroke of half-time via a deflection off the unfortunate Ellis Deeney.

The second half began with Murphy stinging the palms of Iron keeper Sam Slocombe but Worcester equalised on 69 minutes as Geddes poked home.

The Iron shaded the extra-time chances with Vaughan standing up well to deny Madden before substitutes Hakeeb Adelakun and Matt Sparrow missed the target.

But the game reached a gripping finale as 16 consecutive successful penalties finally ended when Wayne Thomas' effort was saved, allowing Llera to stroke home and book Scunthorpe a third-round encounter against either MK Dons or Chesterfield.