Erling Haaland withdrawn at half-time and Pep Guardiola left stunned by Riyad Mahrez’s penalty miss in Manchester City draw with Borussia Dortmund

Erling Haaland was substituted at half-time, whereas Riyad Mahrez’s penalty miss made it a irritating night time for Manchester Metropolis as they drew 0-0 with Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League.

Haaland, the 22-year-old celebrity, endured a troublesome 45 minutes towards his former membership.

The Norwegian made means for Bernardo Silva at half-time, and jokes had been made about him going 92 minutes and not using a purpose.

He managed no pictures heading in the right direction, accomplished simply 13 touches and produced simply seven passes earlier than being hooked off on the break.

However supervisor Pep Guardiola instructed it was extra a precaution as he had a slight fever earlier than the sport.

Haaland netted two goals in the 3-1 win over Brighton at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday in the Premier League, to take his tally for the season to 22 in simply 15 video games.

Mahrez, although, had the prospect to be the hero and put his facet 1-0 forward, solely to see his penalty saved by goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

The Algeria worldwide fired a shot to the keepers’ proper just for 24-year-old shot-stopper to provide an awesome save to maintain it out.

His miss is now his third penalty he has did not convert in 2022.

Guardiola’s response mentioned all of it, with the Catalan supervisor placing his head in his arms.

He was left pissed off and animated all through, as Metropolis did not convert in Germany.

In reality, it makes it 25 missed penalties beneath Guardiola at Metropolis, whereas for Mahrez, his personal document reads:

Penalties taken: 32
Missed: 10
Scored: 22

Guardiola mentioned: “We’ll see, we’ll see what occurs now. In fact it’s an issue.

“We’ve missed 25 penalties, most of them within the Champions League. That’s an excessive amount of.

“I at all times admire their braveness, (taking) the duty to do it, however after all we’ve missed a variety of penalties and this can be a drawback.

“We missed (one) in Copenhagen and right here as effectively, so we’ve to enhance in any other case these are the small margins on this competitors that might make the distinction.”