Haaland was mocked for two failed attempts to eat close to the wall
Haaland played the full 90 minutes, touched the ball 17 times, passed with 80% accuracy, successfully dribbled once, lost the ball five times and missed two delicious opportunities in the 67th minute.
In the 67th minute, Phil Foden shot from the edge of the penalty area, causing goalkeeper Keylor Navas to not catch and let the ball bounce to the right position of Haaland. The Norwegian striker kicked the ground to bring the ball back to the right position. Haaland calmly controlled a beat with his chest but shot his left foot over the bar. Both Haaland and Ilkay Gundogan held their heads in shock after this ball.
On social networks, many fans mocked Haaland's two unbelievable misses in a row. "How could Haaland not shoot in that situation," one fan commented. "Haaland just squandered an unbelievable opportunity. Haaland is human after all," wrote another.
Another fan said that Haaland's squandering of opportunities "could directly affect Man City's ambition to defend the Premier League title".
After the game, when asked about Haaland's misses, coach Pep Guardiola said: "He still has a positive contribution and will score at the next opportunity. We created many chances, but dropped the points. Today, Man City played a lot better than the opponent, but you have to score. If we don't do that, we have to blame ourselves."
Yesterday, Man City held the ball 73%, shot 23 times with six shots on target, but only scored one with a shot from outside the box by Bernardo Silva.
In addition to Haaland, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Foden or Jack Grealish also squandered opportunities. Man City paid the price in the 84th minute, when Morgan Gibbs-White stretched across to Chris Wood to cushion the empty net, setting the score 1-1.
A slip at City Ground made Guardiola's army lose the top of the table to Arsenal - the club won 4-2 at Aston Villa in the early match. Man City has 52 points after 24 matches, two points behind the opponent and played one more game.
On February 22, Man City will travel to Germany to be a guest before RB Leipzig in the first leg of the 1/8 Champions League round, then march to Bournemouth's yard to play round 25 of the Premier League on February 25.
In the summer of 2022, Man City only spent $ 63 million to recruit Haaland, $ 19 million less than the striker's contract release clause with Dortmund. The Norwegian striker has scored 32 goals in all competitions since the start of the season, including 26 in the Premier League, five in the Champions League and one in the League Cup.
If he scores in the match against Nottingham yesterday, Haaland will break the record set by Sergio Aguero all season 2014-2015 and become the Man City player to score the most goals in a Premier League season.
