Doubts over the effectiveness of the Norwegian Eryng Halland, Manchester City striker in the final matches, after losing his team in the FA Cup final.
Halland and Manchester City – last Saturday – overlooked the only opportunity to save their disappointed season after losing to Crystal Palace with a clean goal in the final that was held at the famous Wembley Stadium, in which the Norwegian striker failed again to shake the net.
The Spanish newspaper “AS” reported that Halland failed to score in all the final matches he played with the heavenly team in various championships, since joining him in the summer of 2022 from Borussia Dortmund.
ERLING Haland Has Now Failed to Score in His Last Nine CUP FINALS – and All Eight that He has featured in for manchester City (Including Community Shields). 😮
He has also failed to score in his Six Appearses for the Club at Wembley. 😶 pic.twitter.com/yv5wietwuv
– WhoCORED (@whoscore) May 17, 2025
Next is all the matches during which Halland failed to score goals in the final matches in various championships:
- Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United (FA Cup Final 2022-2023).
- Manchester City 1-0 Inter Milan (Champions League Final 2022-2023).
- Manchester City 1 (1) – (4) 1 Arsenal on penalties (Charity Charity Cup 2023).
- Manchester City 1 (5) – (4) 1 Seville with a penalty shootout (European Super Cup 2023).
- Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City (FA Cup Final 2023-2024).
- Manchester City 1 (7) – (6) 1 Manchester United on penalties (Charity Charity Cup 2024).
- Manchester City 0-1 Crystal Palace (FA Cup Final 2024-2025).
The Spanish newspaper commented on this statistic by saying that “Halland is cursed, as he completed 7 final matches as a player for Manchester City without any goal.”
Halland had the opportunity to get rid of this curse when the referee awarded a penalty for Manchester City against Crystal Palace.
Erling Haland at Wembley:
❌ vs. Sheffield UNIDED (Fa CUP Semi-FINAL)
❌ vs. Man UTD (FA CUP FINAL)
❌ vs. Arsenal (Community Shield)
❌ vs. Man UTD (FA CUP FINAL)
❌ vs. Man UTD (Community Shield)
❌ vs. Crystal Palace (Fa Cup Final)TENDS to Strugle in Big Matches. 🤭🤭🤭 pic.twitter.com/RKOHSC72ER
– Statman Dave (@statmandave) May 17, 2025
At a time when everyone thought that Halland was on his way to carry out the penalty kick, Norwegian surprised everyone by giving the ball to his Egyptian colleague Omar Marmoush, who was deprived of the London team goalkeeper Dean Henderson from adjusting the result.
Even Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola did not understand the reason for this decision, as he answered a question about that – after the match – by saying: “I don’t know what happened? I did not talk to them, they were who decided.”
Meanwhile, the former English star Wayne Rooney believes that Halland was afraid of carrying out the penalty, so he decided to leave her to his colleague Marmoush.
“It is impossible for Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to give up a penalty, this is what distinguishes these players from Halland or Killian Mbappe,” he said.
“When Halland missed opportunities, he seems to be affected by it. Perhaps the idea of paying a penalty at Wembley was a great burden on him, no one knows, in the end, he is a human being.”
It is reported that Halland carried out 7 penalty kicks during the current season, 4 of which scored while failed in 3 others.