Lack of Goal Scores, Manchester City’s Penalty Executioner Worrying

DBasia.news –  Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, said he was worried that if the percentage of goals from Jesus in the penalty has not been much, this time the City has considered finding an penalty taker after Gabriel Jesus failed to score.

In the match against Sheffield United in the Premier League, the referee pointed to the spot in the 36th minute, Jesus became the executor of the penalty and failed to score a goal on that occasion – luckily Man City won 1-0 through Sergio Aguero’s goal in minute 73. That moment was of concerning to Guardiola.

According to statistics from Opta, the 22-year-old player had the opportunity to be the executor of the white spot five times and only managed to score twice in the Premier League.

Gabriel Jesus became the worst penalty executor when compared to other Premier League players. If used as a percentage, the failure rate of Jesus has reached 60 percent. Pep Guardiola allegedly had to rack his brain to determine who would replace Gabriel Jesus to become the executor of the penalty.

Pep Guardiola expressed his concern over the number of players who failed to execute penalty kicks.

“Of course. I must reflect on that. I always believe in the players who take it, but I have to think about how they make decisions about who will take it,” said Guardiola, quoted by Goal.

“This is not just Gabriel (today), because (Sergio) Aguero has also failed twice and Raheem (Sterling) one and a half times against Wolves (two penalties, twice saved, but Sterling successfully scored with a rebound).”

“We are not safe. At this level, it is important, it always makes a difference. I have to make decisions with other players on who will take the penalty,” continued Guardiola.

Interestingly, Ederson Moraes, who is in fact Manchester City’s goalkeeper, is even more skilled in taking penalty kicks.

“Ederson is the best. Believe me, Eddie is the best kicker we currently have regarding penalty. He has no blood in his brain, he is very calm, so he can do it,” concluded Guardiola.

Brazil once had Rogerio Ceni, Sao Paulo’s legendary goalkeeper, who was diligent in scoring goals from set pieces. Ederson might be able to trace the footsteps of his predecessor.