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Kun Agüero apologized for his wrong penalty for biting her and Guardiola went out to bank him

2021-05-10T22:16:22.828Z


It was 2-0 for Manchester City, which if they won the Premier, but lost 1-2 on the hour. What did the DT say about the play that frustrated the title.


05/08/2021 17:37

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 05/08/2021 5:48 PM

Saturday 8 was all given to

Sergio Kun Agüero

is dressed hero once again as the

first time that the May 13, 2012 when he scored a last -

gasp goal against QPR, which earned him the title of the

Premier League

on

Manchester City

after 44 years of drought.

Those of

Pep Guardiola

received at the

Chelsea

knowing victory would

assure them a new championship, confirmation of his sweeping up throughout the season, which accumulated 25 wins in 34 games.

A duel with the particularity of bringing together the two finalists of the Champions League, which will be played in three Saturdays, supposedly in Istanbul.

Everything was going well, City dominated their rival and won 1-0 thanks to

Sterling's

goal at

the end of the first half.

To make matters worse, in the injury time of that first half, Kun took charge of a penalty that would have allowed him to stretch the distance and prepare for the festivities.

He was going to be the hero, but no.

It occurred to the former Independiente to take the penalty from Mendy, who guessed his intention and stopped the floaty shot with one hand, without inconvenience.

Kun's little face said it all

.

And Guardiola's too!

For this match, the Spanish coach chose to put on the field a formation made up of less common names to give rest to the starters, who this week eliminated PSG with a 4-1 aggregate for the Champions League semi-final.

Kun was one of those who had the chance to play more minutes, a nice opportunity that Guardiola seemed to give him for what are his last games with the City jersey, a club from which he will be released in June

after 10 years in the institution

.

Last week, when Agüero turned into City's victory against Crystal Palace, Pep filled him with praise: "What a goal, what action, what player, what man ... He is going to enjoy the last games. He showed with his goal what he has been and what he is. I am in love as a person, since he is an incredible guy, "said Guardiola.

Guardiola could not shout champion.

Photo: REUTERS / Shaun Botterill

This afternoon, in his role against Chelsea, the former Barcelona coach seemed to forget all his concepts about Agüero after seeing the way Kun kicked the penalty, "a la Panenka" as they say in Spain.

Incredulous, he shook one of his arms angrily and walked to the bench, knowing that this play could have changed the process of the game.

To make matters worse, City came out to play the second half with a different attitude, Chelsea took advantage of the mood slump, tied it and ended up turning it around with a goal from Marcos Alonso, in the last minute of the game.

At a press conference, Guardiola was asked if it was not "selfish" to kick such a penalty, and the DT went to bank the decision of his star footballer.

Pep Guardiola agreed that Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero was 'selfish' with his penalty against Chelsea and that the striker was 'convinced' with his decision ... pic.twitter.com/igux6MJqLH

- CaughtOffside (@caughtoffside) May 8, 2021

"He is 'selfish' because he missed it, if he had put it they would be saying that he is a genius. It is reality. The important thing when kicking a penalty is to make decisions: hit it, right, left ... but convinced. And he was convinced. He was wrong, that's it. Everyone is disappointed but he is the first to feel that way. It is irrelevant to say what Sergio means for this club, for this team. He made the decision and that's it, nobody expected it but he is good, "Guardiola commented.

A while later, Kun also spoke about it but did so through his social networks.

"I cannot help but apologize to my teammates, the coaching staff and the fans for today's penalty. It was a bad decision and I am responsible," the Argentine wrote.

Kun Agúero's message after his missed penalty against Chelsea.

Source: clarin

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