‘Haaland is no Messi or Ronaldo’: Wayne Rooney after Erling’s penalty decision in Man City’s FA Cup final loss to Palace
Manchester City’s last bid for silverware this season ended on Saturday after they were handed a shock 1-0 loss by Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup final. Despite spending nearly 200 million Euros in the January transfer window to rescue their season, City have fallen short in the Premier League, Champions League and now the FA Cup.
Omar Marmoush had a first-half penalty saved by Henderson as City lost in the Cup final for a second successive season, summing up a harrowing campaign in which they have been dethroned as the powerhouse of English football and will go without a domestic trophy for the first time since 2016-17.
Erling Haaland, City’s usual penalty taker, handed the ball to Marmoush with 10 minutes left in the first half and Palace 1-0 up after Eberechi Eze’s earl...