The Brazil international missed from 12 yards in the Citizens’ away triumph over the Blades to match the Senegal legend’s unimpressive penalty feat
Gabriel Jesus’ poor penalty run continued in Manchester City’s 1-0 defeat of Sheffield United in Tuesday’s Premier League clash.
With scores still goalless after 36 minutes at Bramall Lane, the Brazilian fluffed a golden chance to put Pep Guardiola’s men ahead after missing from 12 yards.
Goalkeeper Dean Henderson guessed the right way to save the striker’s kick after Chris Bashman’s clumsy tackle on Riyad Mahrez.
What. A. Keeper 👏 pic.twitter.com/Su0JYj640u
— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) January 21, 2020
Following that miss, Jesus has now missed three of his five English topflight penalties – equalling El Hadji Diouf and Stewart Downing’s terrible success rate from the penalty mark.
5 – Gabriel Jesus has failed to score three of his five Premier League penalties (60%) – of all players to have taken at least five in the competition, no-one has a worse success rate than the Brazilian (level with Stewart Downing and El Hadji Diouf). Nervy. #SHUMNC pic.twitter.com/r0R5Vr1HtT
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 21, 2020
His replacement, Sergio Aguero saved his blushes after tapping in from close range to help Manchester City silence the resilient Blades.
SERGIOOOOOOOO!!!!
🔴 0-1 🔵 #SHUMCI #ManCity pic.twitter.com/DnQIyrsR3r
— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 21, 2020
Thanks to this win, the Citizens remain in second position – 13 points behind Liverpool, who have two outstanding games.
Guardiola’s team will now shift attention to their FA Cup and League Cup titles defence against Fulham and bitter-rivals, Manchester United respectively.
After that, they are guests of Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur in their next outing in the English elite division on February 2, 2020.
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