‘Worst penalty ever’ – Bernardo Silva in horror shootout miss as Man City crash out of Champions League to Real Madrid
BERNARDO SILVA’S shootout shocker was labelled “the worst penalty ever” as Manchester City exited the Champions League in the most agonising way possible.
Real Madrid reached the semi-finals 4-3 on spot-kicks after a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu meant a 4-4 aggregate stalemate.
And fans focused on Bernardo’s “ridiculously bad” penalty – a tame sidefooter straight down the middle into the arms of Andriy Lunin.
The possible Panenka attempt was more like the type of effort that players use to warm-up stoppers before matches – rather than a key moment in one of the biggest matches of the season.
Lunin also dived to thwart sub Mateo Kovacic’s spot-kick – both City‘s failures coming after Real’s Luka Modric fluffed his penalty.
Ex-Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger then tucked home the hosts‘ clincher
Bernardo’s woe was compared to an iconic failure from the spot by then-Stamford Bridge winger Pat Nevin in 1984 – ironically against City.
Nevin, now a pundit, barely took a run-up before he trickled the ball down the middle to keeper Alex Williams.
“Worst” was a popular word as viewers piled in to slate Bernardo’s kick.
“That is the worst penalty I have seen with my own eyes,” said one fan.
Another called it “the worst penalty I have ever seen in my entire life”.
And a third demanded official recognition for the Portuguese midfielder.
He posted: “Bernardo Silva deserves a Guinness World Record for the worst penalty of all time.”
Other observers called the spot-kick “awful” and “unbelievable”.
And one fan claimed City deserved to lose just because of that one spot-kick”.
But another viewer went against the tide as he wrote: “If he scored y’all would be shouting Panenka up and down.”