'Pep was mad' – Ilkay Gundogan explains Man City penalty gaff

Pep Guardiola was ‘mad’ with Ilkay Gundogan and Erling Haaland after their penalty gaff nearly cost Manchester City dearly against Leeds.

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Gundogan had scored twice against Leeds in the first-half of Saturday’s game at the Etihad, but a third goal was proving elusive for City.

That was until the 84th minute when Phil Foden won a penalty after a being brought down in the box by Pascal Struijk, with many expecting Haaland to once again take the spot-kick.

But instead the record-breaking striker handed the ball to Gundogan to allow his captain to complete what would have been a first career hattrick.

But the German midfielder could only fire his penalty onto the post leaving Guardiola furious on the touchline, with his anger only growing after Rodrigo scored for Leeds less than sixty seconds later.

Though the Citizens held on for a 2-1 win, Guardiola did not look at all happy and made no effort to speak to Gundogan as he was subbed off despite putting in a brilliant man of the match display.

‘First he [Guardiola] showed to Erling that he was quite mad about that and then also he had a go at me,’ the 32-year-old told BBC MOTD while explaining the penalty incident.

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