Considering Riyad Mahrez’s record with penalties, it was surprising he was chosen to take one for Manchester City against Dortmund earlier this week. He has now missed 10 for club and country across his career, with his teams only going on to win one of the matches in which those failures occurred.
Liverpool fans will recall one of his aberrations, as it was at Anfield in 2018, and he’s far from alone in failing from the spot for City. Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling are among the players who have also missed penalties for the club in recent years.
According to Squawka, the Cityzens have the worse record of any Premier League team since the summer of 2016 when Pep Guardiola took charge, having missed 25 of their 80 penalties on his watch. That’s still 55 goals, though, and a tally the Reds can’t dare to dream for in this sense.
