Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola has defined his anger after Ilkay Gundogan took a penalty as an alternative of Erling Haaland late within the 2-1 win over Leeds on Saturday and ended up lacking the spot-kick.
Gundogan was on a hat-trick after two tremendous finishes put Metropolis 2-0 up at half-time and stepped as much as take the penalty within the 84th minute on the Etihad, however his effort hit the submit and Leeds shortly pulled a objective again by means of Rodrigo to make it a nervy finale for the Premier League leaders.
Following the German’s miss, Guardiola may very well be seen by tv cameras telling Haaland ‘it’s important to take it’ and the Catalan was requested in regards to the incident after the match.
“The sport isn’t over,” Guardiola informed Match of the Day. “It reveals how good and beneficiant Erling is. Whether it is 4-0 with 10 minutes left, OK. However at 2-0? Erling is one of the best penalty taker proper now so he has to take it.
“Right now Erling may have scored two or three targets. He performed extremely effectively, in his motion and all the things… how he fought for us. I wish to reward Erling when he doesn’t rating.
“If Gundo scores everyone seems to be ‘OK, hat-trick, effectively performed’. However a taker is a taker. At 2-0, this can be a enterprise, not a scenario the place we can not neglect it.”
Regardless of the late scare, Metropolis held on for the win and lead Arsenal by 4 factors with 4 rounds of the competitors left to play.
Subsequent up for Metropolis is their Champions League semi-final first leg away to Actual Madrid on the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night time.
