Harry Kane has been immense for England all throughout his international career. The World Cup quarterfinal tilt Red Grange Jersey against France was Kane's 79th international cap, having scored 51 goals entering the match.The Tottenham man had already provided one earlier in the game, giving him his 52nd international goal and making him the all-time leading penalty scorer at the World Cup in the history of the tournament.So when Kane stepped up for his second spot-kick of the match in the 84th minute, up against his Spurs teammate Hugo Lloris, England fans felt confident that he would deliver a second equalising goal to level the score at 2-2 and set the Three Lions up with a good chance to see out regulation with the score even.Instead, it all came apart. Kane blasted the penalty over the bar, seeming to panic at the last po sible moment as Lloris gue sed correctly, diving to the France goalkeeper's right. That left England still trailing 2-1, and they were unable to create any more moments of brilliance to see them back even.France advanced to the semifinals, while England were eliminated from the tournament with a bitter taste in their mouths.MORE: It's understandable that England fans will be looking for someone to blame after this bitter defeat in a match that felt like England deserved something from. Thus, Kane is an easy target, as he mi sed.There's po sibly an argument to be made for someone else taking the penalty. Kane had already taken one effort against his club teammate in goal, and there was a good chance that Lloris would have some idea of Kane's next move.Additionally, Kane did have an odd moment before his first penalty where he seemed ready to take before backing Richard Dent Jersey off, reconfiguring the ball on the spot, and taking his steps back again. Did that suggest he was maybe uneasy against a goalkeeper who surely knows him well?Another chance to equalise and this time Kane isn't so lucky!The England skipper sends the ball over the bar and it looks like their chances are on the brink... | ITV Football (@itvfootball) Yet ultimately, it would have been more unusual for Southgate to request another penalty taker. Kane is guy for England from the spot, having scored 18 times previously for England, including the one earlier in the match, while mi sing just three times.Additionally, his first penalty was an absolute blast, ripped into the top corner. If the odd moment prior had suggested he may be off balance mentally, the hit put any doubts to bed. Kane is England's penalty taker, and he was the one for this moment. Sometimes, the universe just conspires against you."We know Darnell Mooney Jersey how many penalties Harry has scored for us, how many goals he has contributed to even get us here," Jordan Henderson said after the match."He will be stronger for this in the future. He is a world-cla s striker and our captain, he will bounce back."MORE: Harry Kane has scored 18 penalties for England, while the mi s against France at the World Cup was just his fourth error from the spot in his international career. That's good enough for an 82 percent conversion rate, which is slightly above the theoretical penalty conversion rate of 79 percent.Kane, in fact, had never mi Pat O'Donnell Jersey sed a penalty at the World Cup before this, instead becoming the all-time leader in penalties scored at a World Cup with his fourth earlier in the match.HARRY KANE MISSES THE PENALTY FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) Additionally, Kane's previous three penalty mi ses for England had never cost his team in the end. His first mi s came in a 2016 friendly against Turkey which England won 2-1. He also failed to deliver in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo in which England emerged as 5-3 victors, and he mi sed one at Euro 2020 last July in a 2-1 win over Denmark.What's more, the penalty mi s against Denmark was no bother, as Kane scored on the rebound after Kasper Schmeichel had saved the initial kick. It goes down officially as a mi s, but Kane found a way to hammer it home anyway. With his goal from the spot earlier in the match against France, Kane became the all-time leader in World Cup penalties scored with four.His previous three all came in the 2018 World Cup in Ru sia, which saw England reach the semifinals and Kane secure the tournament's Golden Boot.He scored twice from the spot against Panama in the group stage en route to securing a 6-1 win, and then bagged a penalty against Colombia in the Round of 16 draw with Colombia that saw England advance in a penalty shootout. Kane also hit his penalty in that shootout, taking first for England, but shootout strikes do not count officially as penalties or goals at major tournaments.4 - No player has scored more penalties in World Cup history than Harry Kane, with tonight his fourth goal from the spot in the competition (exc. shootouts). Reliable. Margus Hunt Jersey OptaJoe (@OptaJoe)