the last time rudy gestede faced liverpool, he missed a penalty in the biggest game of his career so far as cardiff lost the 2012 league cup final in a shootout at wembley it took three years for gestede to get another chance from the spot – scoring against stoke city last month to help blackburn through to the quarter finals of the fa cup – and the striker will not be afraid to step up again if rovers win a penalty at anfield on sunday ‘yeah, i would take it,’ said the benin international ‘that was a great final but penalties are a lottery and i missed mine i remember it to this day it’s still the biggest game i’ve played in rudy gestede misses his penalty for cardiff city during the 2012 league cup final against liverpool  it took three years for gestede   now at blackburn rovers   to get another chance from the spot  the 26 year old sent stoke city keeper jack butland the wrong way in the previous round of the fa cup  ‘i was younger then and i was a bit tired because it was the end of the game after extra time ‘that remains the only penalty i have missed but it’s gone, it’s finished, it’ s behind me it’s going to be a different game on sunday’ gestede’s 15 goals this season have not gone unnoticed in the premier league, and blackburn rejected a £35milion offer from crystal palace in the january transfer window after scoring against swansea and stoke in the earlier rounds, the 26 year old sees sunday’s game as another opportunity to showcase his talents blackburn face liverpool in the fa cup on sunday, and steven gerrard could return to the reds' starting xi  gestede attempts to add to his tally of 15 goals this season in the recent defeat at home to norwich  gestede has the opportunity to move to the premier league during january but chose to wait  he added: ‘if i can do well against liverpool i can show premier league clubs that the speculation was there because i’m a good player and not just because i’m tall and score a few goals with my head ‘it was close with one club but i spoke a lot with the manager and he helped me to stay focused and think about blackburn ‘nothing happened so in my mind i never left the club it was a good chance to play in the premier league but i wasn’t that disappointed’
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cardiff city lost to liverpool on penalties in the 2012 league cup final . rudy gestede was one of three cardiff players to miss his spot kick . it took three years for gestede to get another chance at a penalty . gestede scored the penalty, which was against stoke city in the fa cup 