Ainsley Maitland-Niles showed off ice-cold penalty technique v Sheffield Wednesday | OneFootball

Ainsley Maitland-Niles may well have the coldest penalty technique in world football – and he showed that again on Wednesday evening.

The Englishman joined Southampton on a season-long loan from Arsenal in the summer.

He made his eighth appearance for the Saints in midweek in their Carabao Cup third round clash against Sheffield Wednesday.

The Owls took a surprise 1-0 lead at St Mary’s courtesy of Josh Windass’ 24th minute strike.

James Ward-Prowse levelled proceedings in first-half stoppage time as he netted from the penalty spot.

Neither side could find a winner in the second 45 minutes and the match went all the way to penalties.

Maitland-Niles stepped up fourth for the Saints.

With both sides having scored each of their first three penalties, the 25-year-old knew he could not afford to miss.

But Maitland-Niles managed to put the ball in the back of the net in emphatic fashion.

The Arsenal loanee was the coolest man in the stadium as he took a plethora of little steps towards the ball.

He kept his eyes on David Stockdale the whole time and waited for Wednesday’s goalkeeper to move before sending him the wrong way.

The penalty was the definition of ice-cold and you can view it below…

Maitland-Niles makes it look so, so easy.

Southampton went on to win 6-5 on penalties and progress to the fourth round of the competition.

Fans have been reacting to Maitland-Niles’ ice-cold penalty and you can view some comments below…

Fans react to Maitland-Niles’ spot-kick v Sheffield Wednesday

Maitland-Niles’ penalty wasn’t a one-off. He’s shown off his technique numerous times in the past and is yet to miss one at a professional level. View a compilation of his penalties below…

Is there a cooler penalty taker in world football? Maybe not.

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