FOOTIE fans hailed Leon Goretzka’s ‘s***housery’ moments before Erling Haaland’s horrendous penalty against Bayern Munich.
The Norwegian giant missed the opportunity to well and truly put their Champions League quarter-final tie to bed from 12 yards in the 38th minute.
After much delay, City’s main man blazed the ball over the crossbar – much to the delight of the Allianz Arena faithful.
And watchers of the game reckon Goretka’s actions seconds before the spot kick put off Haaland.
Moments before Haaland went to take the kick, the Bayern midfielder walked into the box and pointed something out to the referee – who further delayed the taking of the kick.
Goretzka, 28, pointed at something in the box before walking over and picking it up. It appeared it could have just been a tuft of grass.
Fans believe he interrupted the kick to try and let the chorus of boos and whistles continue to get into Haaland’s head.
One tweeted: “Elite s**thousery there from Goretzka. Gotta respect that.”
Another said: “Goretzka elite mind games.”
And another said: “Lol, nah, that’s elite by Goretzka.”
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One remarked: “Elite dark arts from Goretzka.”
Another chimed in: “Elite s**thousery from Goretzka throwing that off the pitch, Haaland bottle[d] [it].”
One fan even claimed Goretzka’s actions directly contributed to Haaland’s shocking miss.
They tweeted: “Anyone that understands how psychology works would agree with me that Goreztka saved that penalty.
“He played a lot of mind games with Haaland before the penalty.”
Despite Haaland’s horror miss, City currently lead the tie 3-0 on aggregate.
Pep Guardiola’s troops put the German champions to the sword last week with first-leg goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Haaland.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
