Klopp furious at Haaland awarding Gundogan penalty

2023-05-07 10:55

Klopp furious at Haaland awarding Gundogan penalty

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was furious after Erling Haaland awarded a penalty to Ilkay Gundogan against Leeds United.


In the last 10 minutes of the game, Manchester City led 2-0, Gundogan has scored two goals. At this time, the home team got a penalty kick, which should have been taken by Harland, but Harland asked the German midfielder to step forward to take a penalty kick, hoping that he would complete a hat-trick. However, Ilkay Gundogan failed to score a penalty and Guardiola , furious with his striker, pointed at Haaland and explicitly repeated "you have to take the penalty".


Gundogan said in an interview after the game: "He first expressed his dissatisfaction with Haaland , and then lost his temper with me. In the end, it was like this.


"When Haaland picked up the ball, I was sure he was going to take the penalty, but he looked at me and I checked a few times to make sure he was going to give me the ball."


Despite City's almost complete control of the game, Leeds pulled back a goal in the last minute, sending Guardiola's blood pressure even higher. But City persevered in the end, winning the crucial three points to move four points clear of second-placed leaders at the top of the table and handed a painful defeat to Sam Allardyce, who had just taken over as Leeds United manager.


City have a tougher game ahead of them as they face Real Madrid for a place in the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday, and it will be a challenging one. And Manchester City has won ten consecutive games in the league.