Have Man City fans destroyed their Champions League dream? Pep Guardiola’s side led in penalties before the crowd held onto the ball to hit ‘out of sync’ Bernardo Silva before he fluffed his lines.
- Silva missed his penalty in bizarre fashion as City went out on penalties
- He had to wait around 40 seconds with the ball in the crowd at the Etihad.
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Manchester City fans caused a delay of around 40 seconds before Bernardo Silva’s disastrous penalty in his side’s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.
In a match dubbed Champions v Kings, nothing could separate the two teams in two games and it came down to penalties with Pep Guardiola’s side falling short.
City had an early advantage in the shootout when former Ballon d’Or winner Luka Modric saw his spot-kick saved by Ederson, but Silva missed straight after and Kovacic also saw his effort saved.
Silva’s miss happened in bizarre fashion, with the Portuguese star shooting straight through the middle and Madrid goalscorer Andriy Lunin standing still, easily blocking the effort to equalize again.
But it didn’t seem entirely the player’s fault, as he had to wait to take his kick because the ball was in the crowd and the City fans weren’t returning it.
Bernardo Silva (second from left) had to wait before taking – and missing – his penalty against Real Madrid.
The Manchester City fans retained possession before kicking it away, with Silva sending his penalty into the arms of Andriy Lunin.
Silva waited to take his kick while Italian referee Daniele Orsato called for a new ball, and Silva watched before he finally came back from the crowd.
He then looked nervous as he stepped forward to take the kick and put it straight into the hands of a grateful Lunin.
TNT Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand highlighted the fact that it was Silva’s own fans who were delaying the kick, before former City man Joleon Lescott highlighted how it would have ruined the team’s preparations. the star.
“That would have thrown him out of sync,” Lescott said. “The routine, the technique. It’s been a long time, start thinking. This is a light sanction.
Guardiola said of his player who took the penalty: “He said he wanted to take one and he’s a reliable player. But what a game he played.
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