Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was seemingly furious with top scorer Erling Haaland for allowing Ilkay Gundogan to take penalty on Saturday.
Gundogan was on a hat-trick when the Citizens were awarded a penalty against Leeds United with the score sitting at 2-0.
The German midfielder failed to convert the spot-kick before Sam Allardyce's charges went up the other end and pulled a goal back.
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City were able to see out the remaining stages of the clash to claim the win, but Guardiola was not pleased with Haaland giving up penalty duties.
"The game [was] not over," Guardiola todl BBC Match of the Day.
"It shows how nice and generous Erling is. If it is 4-0 with 10 minutes left, okay. But at 2-0? Erling is the best penalty taker right now so he has to take it."
Despite the penalty incident, the Citizens manager was delighted with Haaland's performance on the day even though ehe did not get on the score-sheet.
"Today Erling could have scored two or three goals," the Spaniard went on to say.
"He played incredibly well, in his movement and everything... how he fought for us. I like to praise Erling when he does not score.
"If Gundo scores everyone is 'OK, hat-trick, well done'. But a taker is a taker. At 2-0, this is a business, not a situation where we cannot forget it."
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