VIDEO: I wish I was scoring goals not stopping them – Kasper Schmeichel

The Denmark international goalkeeper concedes he’d rather be chasing glory than denying it to others and that he relishes the pressure of being the last line of defence

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel starred in his side’s shock Premier League title in last season, keeping 15 clean sheets as Claudio Ranieri’s shocked the continent by achieving the unthinkable.

But the 29-year-old concedes there’s a big part of him which would still prefer to be up at the other end of the field, scoring the goals rather than being the one who stops them.

“When you’re a kid you want to be a striker, you want to be scoring goals,” Schmeichel says.

“I still want to be scoring goals! It’s the easiest part of football, no it’s not, it’s the best part of football – the one you enjoy the most. But I always knew that my particular skillset was more suited to being a goalkeeper.”

“Being the last line of defence brings pressure, with one slip-up often proving catestroophic in a game as low-scoring as football. But Schmeichel relishes that.

“The pressure of being a goalkeeper is one of those things that attracts a lot of people to the position, if you don’t have that, if you don’t enjoy that pressure, I don’t think you’re suited to playing goalkeeper.

“It’s about being strong mentally, being able to see the difference between making honest mistake and silly mistakes. You’ll make mistakes, but if you make mistakes by trying to do the right things, then they’re mistakes that most coaches and most teammates can accept.”