4-time FA Cup winner Roy Keane was unimpressed by Manchester Metropolis prime scorer Erling Haaland smiling after the guests’ prime scorer spurned a number of alternatives earlier than his aspect fell behind at Bournemouth within the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Haaland despatched a free header extensive, had a penalty saved and lifted a one-on-one alternative over the crossbar earlier than Bournemouth took a Twenty first-minute lead via Evanilson in pursuit of a semi-final towards Nottingham Forest.
Keane had urged Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola to imbue his gamers with extra depth for the second half, and the Manchester United legend’s phrases appeared to have an impact as Haaland struck an equaliser 4 minutes after the restart.
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“He was lackadaisical,” Keane advised ITV Sport on the break, including that he “didn’t fancy” the 24-year-old when he stepped as much as hit his spot kick.
“He was smiling after he missed the second [chance]. Metropolis are strolling across the place – it’s getting on my nerves. They haven’t any conviction, no physicality. It’s not a very good signal.”
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Bournemouth vs Man Metropolis: Haaland ‘ought to rating’
Haaland had a golden probability to attain his thirtieth objective in all competitions in 2024/25 when Tyler Adams was penalised for handball contained in the Bournemouth field, just for goalkeeper Kepa to guess appropriately to his left and make sure the Norway talisman has missed three of his seven penalties this season.
There have been mocking jeers from the house followers when Haaland broke clear contained in the penalty space on the left channel shortly afterwards and lifted his end past the superior Kepa and over the crossbar.
BOURNEMOUTH TAKE THE LEAD! ⚽️
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“I’ve to say, a free shot from 12 yards might be the simplest probability you’re going to get,” former England defender Lee Dixon advised the broadcaster, suggesting that Haaland might have been “a bit anxious”.
“For him, it’s on a plate. He simply places an excessive amount of on it. Should you watch it once more, there’s a tiny little bobble on it simply as he hits it. However he ought to rating.”
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Erling Haaland penalty ‘not nice’
“Kepa’s learn it properly,” mentioned Keane, who received the competitors in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004 with United, discussing the penalty. “It’s not an excellent strike – it’s not in a nook.
“They should deliver extra depth – it’s the quarter-final of the cup. Bournemouth don’t should do something implausible, simply sit in and choose them off.”
Guardiola made a change at half-time by bringing Nico O’Reilly on for defender Abdukodir Khusanov, and the wideman duly delivered a cross from the left to permit Haaland to faucet in.
“Pep’s a genius,” former England defender Lee Dixon advised the broadcaster. “He’s already flipped round a first-half efficiency, and it’s all come from O’Reilly in that sweeping left-back place.”
