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Pep Guardiola ranks WORST in Premier League history in major stat after Haaland miss so will teams take advantage?


PEP GUARDIOLA is ranked as the worst Premier League manager in history when it comes to his side converting penalties.

And the niche stat could give other top flight bosses an Achilles’ heel to target in future games.

Pep Guardiola ranks as the worsr Premier League manager in history when it comes to penalty conversion rateCredit: Reuters

No manager has a worse success rate from 12 yards out than Guardiola in the history of the league with only 71 per cent of his side’s penalties hitting the back of the net.

And the unwanted stat was cemented after Erling Haaland missed his spot-kick against Sheffield United last month.

The prolific forward had a chance to put City a goal to the good, but smacked his penalty into the post.

Erling Haaland missed his penalty against Sheffield United last weekendCredit: Reuters
It is the first time he has missed a Premier League penalty, scoring seven from seven last seasonCredit: Getty

The treble winners were still able to come away with all three points though as Haaland made up for his error with a goal in the second half.

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It was Rodri who later slammed home the winner into the top corner after the Blades had managed to pull things level through Jayden Bogle.

And maybe Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom will be wishing his team had given away MORE penalties.

With an air of inevitability around Guardiola’s star studded City side, teams may think that giving away penalties could actually help prevent them from conceding.

However that likely won’t be the case and the bright minds of Premier League management will be looking for more tactically sound ways to stop the Cityzens.

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The Manchester club had ten penalties in the league last season and converted nine of them.

But Haaland did find the net from the spot in City’s 5-1 win over Fulham where he scored a hat-trick.

Guardiola will feel he’s amongst esteemed company though when it comes to penalty conversion rate.

Managerial royalty Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson also find themselves in the top six worst bosses when it comes to sticking pens away.

Arsene Wenger saw his players miss 27 of the 119 penalties they took during his time at ArsenalCredit: Getty
Sir Alex Ferguson has the fifth worst conversion rate from the spot in Premier League historyCredit: Getty

Wenger has the sixth worst record with 77 per cent of penalties taken by his Arsenal players being unsuccessful.

Whilst Sir Alex has the fifth worst rate at 75 per cent – 27 of the 109 penalties taken under the watch of the Scot were missed or saved.


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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