ERLING HAALAND told Daniel Munoz that he gave up Manchester City’s penalty in Saturday’s FA Cup final because Omar Marmoush is “also a good kicker”;;, the Crystal Palace star has claimed.
, 24, is ‘s top scorer this season with 21 Premier League goals.
The Norwegian has taken seven penalties this term, scoring four of them.
Trailing 1-0 on Saturday, City were awarded a spot kick for ‘s foul on .
Haaland initially grabbed the ball, before surprisingly giving it to .
The Egyptian had never previously taken a penalty for City, but scored four out of four for Eintracht Frankfurt during the first half of the season.
Palace’s Wembley hero , who had been fortunate not to be sent off for , guessed right and saved Marmoush’s spot-kick, with Palace going on .
Colombian Munoz earned the player of the match award at Wembley, having set up ‘s winner.
Speaking to 10Sports in his homeland, the wing-back said of the spot kick incident: “I asked him (Haaland) why he didn’t take the penalty, since he was the team’s top scorer.
“And he told me that his team-mate was also a good kicker. So, I told him, ‘If you don’t take the penalty, he’ll miss.’ And he missed.”;;
After the game, that Haaland should have taken it.
The Palace stopper told ITV: “To be fair, [Erling] Haaland might have stepped up, I wasn’t sure which way he’d go.
“He gave it to [Omar] Marmoush, I knew which way he was going. I knew I’d save it.”;;
, working as a pundit at Wembley for the BBC, was to hand off the penalty.
The legend said: “I don’t think he’s given it away.
“I think it’s been taken off him before the game, I think it’s been decided (pre-match).”;;
When presenter , who will after this Sunday’s , added “you can’t override the manager”;;, Rooney insisted: “There’s moments you can. And I think Haaland should have taken the penalty.”;;
After the final, admitted that he didn’t know why Haaland hadn’t take the penalty.
The Man City boss, 54, said: “They decided on the pitch.
“I don’t know. I didn’t speak with them. I thought he (Haaland) would want to take it. These are things for them.
“That moment for the free kick, for the penalty, it’s the feeling and how they feel. They decided Omar was ready to take it. Henderson made a good save.”;;
Haaland extended his streak of never scoring at Wembley to five games, with City set to go trophyless this season for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
