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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

Man City have two obvious Erling Haaland penalty deputies after Riyad Mahrez miss

There's something quite ironic about a football team, one jam-packed with world class players that regular tops the scoring charts, that struggles to convert unopposed shots from 12 yards.

Manchester City are incredible at a lot of things, but the penalty kick seemingly isn't one of them. On Tuesday night Pep Guardiola's side secured top spot in their Champions League group with a goalless draw away at Borussia Dortmund. The point ensures that they will be one of the seeded teams in the draw for the last 16, in theory giving them a favourable match-up against a group runner-up.

It wasn't plain sailing though; for the second consecutive European match City drew 0-0 in a game which they didn't play brilliantly in, but that they could have easily won had they converted what should be one of the easiest scoring opportunities in the sport.

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