"That's me finished with penalties," he said. "I should have scored and I'm so sorry I missed and would like to apologise to the fans, my team-mates and the club. I blame myself for us not winning.
"I decided to go for power and kept my head down as I ran to the ball. The lads told me their goalkeeper went early so if I'd looked at him I could have passed the ball in.
"The last time I took a penalty I went for placement and missed so that's why I went for power this time. I could also have won it with a shot against the post, it just wasn't my day. I hope to get the chance to make amends over the remaining games.
We dominated and threw away chances but if we keep playing like this we will pick up a lot of points in our last five games.
"We will keep trying to catch Everton and now Bolton. We need five good performances and I can tell the fans we won't give up the battle."