Four-time FA Cup winner Roy Keane was not impressed by the top scorer of Manchester City Erling Erling Haaland smiling after the top scorer of the visitors struck several opportunities before his side remained in Bournemouth in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
Haaland sent a free header wide, had saved a penalty and lifted a one-on-one opportunity before Bournemouth took a 21st minute lead through Evanilson in the pursuit of a semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
Keane had encouraged city manager Pep Guardiola to penetrate his players with more intensity for the second half, and the words of the Manchester United -legend seemed to have an effect when Haaland made an equalizer four minutes after the restart.
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“He was on average,” said Keane ITV Sport during the break and added that he had the 24-year-old “not nice” when he stepped up to hit his place.
“He smiled after he missed the second [chance]. The city walks through the place – it comes on my nerves. They have no conviction, no physicality. It’s not a good sign. “
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Bournemouth vs Man City: Haaland ‘should score’
Haaland had a golden chance to score his 30th goal in all competitions in 2024/25 when Tyler Adams was punished for handball in the Bournemouth Box, only for goalkeeper Kepa to guess his left correctly and to ensure that the Norway Talisman missed three of his seven penalties this season.
There were mocking hunters of the home fans when Haaland broke clearly in the penalty area on the left channel and his finish past the advanced Kepa and lifted over the bar.
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“I have to say that a free shot of 12 Yards is probably the easiest chance you are going to get,” Former England -defender Lee Dixon told the broadcaster, suggesting that Haaland could have been “a bit anxious”.
“For him it is on a plate. He just puts too much on it. When you look at it again, there is a small little Bobble on it just as he touches it. But he has to score.”
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Erling Haaland penalty ‘not great’
“Kepa’s read well,” said Keane, who won the competition in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2004 with United, who discussed the penalty. “It’s not a great strike – it’s not in a corner.
“They have to bring more intensity to the quarterfinals of the cup. Bournemouth does not have to do anything fantastic, just sit in and take them off.”
Guardiola changed during the break by raising Nico O’Reilly for defender Abdukodir Khusanov, and the Wideman delivered to the left to the right to let Haaland.
“Pep is a genius,” former England -defender Lee Dixon told the broadcaster. “He has already turned around around a first half, and it all comes from O’Reilly in that wegend left -wing position.”
