I Expected Haaland To Take The Penalty Against Crystal Palace – Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to admit that he thought Erling Haaland would take the penalty vs Crystal Palace. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it was decided on the pitch that Omar Marmoush would step up to take the penalty, and he played no role in that decision.

Pep added that his players sometimes decide who kicks a pen according to how confident they’re feeling at the time, so he had no problem with Omar stepping up.

His words, “They decided on the pitch.

I don’t know. I didn’t speak with them. I thought he [Haaland] would want to take it. These are things for them.

That moment for the free kick, for the penalty, it’s the feeling and how they feel. They decided Omar was ready to take it. Henderson made a good save.”

WOW.

Erling Braut Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box. Haaland holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Premier League season, with 36.

Haaland was born on 21 July 2000 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, as his father Alfie Haaland was playing for Leeds United in the Premier League at the time. In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne, his parents’ hometown in Norway.

Along with playing football from an early age, Haaland took part in various other sports as a child, including handball, golf, and track and field. He also reportedly achieved a world record in his age category for the standing long jump when he was five, with a recorded distance of 1.63 metres in 2006.