Erling Haaland Misses First Penalty Of Manchester City Career With Awful Effort Against Bayern Munich

Erling Haaland missed a penalty kick for the first time in nearly two years when he blasted a shot over the crossbar for Manchester City against Bayern Munich.
Erling Haaland Misses First Penalty Of Manchester City Career With Awful Effort Against Bayern Munich
Erling Haaland Misses First Penalty Of Manchester City Career With Awful Effort Against Bayern Munich /

Erling Haaland missed a penalty kick for the first time in nearly two years when he blasted a shot over the crossbar during the second leg of Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.

City were leading 3-0 from last week's first leg and had the chance to go 4-0 up on aggregate after Dayot Upamecano was penalized for handball 35 minutes into Wednesday's game in Germany.

But Haaland failed to hit the target, much to the delight of the Bayern fans behind the goal.

Haaland had scored 18 penalties in a row prior to Wednesday's miss, which was the first spot-kick failure of his City career.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland pictured taking a penalty against Bayern Munich in April 2023 (he missed)
Erling Haaland missed a penalty against Bayern Munich on Wednesday :: IMAGO/Ulrich Wagner

Haaland's penalty miss did not cost City.

Indeed, it did not deter Haaland either.

The Norwegian scored from open play 12 minutes into the second half to put City 1-0 up on the night.

Bayern later hit back via a Joshua Kimmich penalty kick but a 1-1 draw was enough to see City prevail 4-1 over two legs.

READ MORE: Man City Finish Job Against Bayern Munich To Set Up UCL Semi-Final Clash With Real Madrid


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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.