Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 10:59 PM• Daniel Cabot Kerkdijk • Last update: 23:02

Sergio Agüero apologized on Saturday for his missed penalty kick in Manchester City’s home game against Chelsea. The attacker failed just before half-time, at an intermediate score of 1-0, hopelessly from eleven meters, after which the visitors from London stepped off the field as the winner: 1-2. Agüero’s Panenka was seen through by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who simply plucked the ball from the air.

An expensive miss, as Chelsea seized the victory in the second half due to goals from Hakim Ziyech and Mikel Alonso and the title party of Manchester City has been postponed. “I want to apologize to my teammates, staff members and supporters. It was a bad decision and I take full responsibility for it ”, Aguëro emphasized afterwards via social media.

I would like to apologize to my teammates, staff and supporters for missing the penalty. It was a bad decision and I take full responsibility.

– Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) May 8, 2021

However, Pep Guardiola did not blame Aguëro. “It’s his decision. The kick taker determines how he shoots the ball. He wanted to do it like this. I have nothing to add to that. ” The Manchester City manager would have liked a foul by Kurt Zouma on Raheem Sterling to have been punished with a penalty. “It’s a penalty, I saw that clearly.”

“What remains for us now is to grab enough points to become the national champion and then work towards the Champions League final,” he referred to the final battle against Chelsea at the end of the month. It was already Manchester City’s fourth home loss this season in the Premier League – twice as many as any Guardiola’s season as a manager. It is also the first time that a Guardiola team has lost two consecutive home games in the competition. A month ago, Leeds United was also too strong with 1-2.