flag
back Back
'Couldn't be worse!' - Dutch icon Marco van Basten savages Manchester City ace after penalty shootout heartbreak against Real Madrid

Dutch icon Marco van Basten tore into Bernardo Silva following his costly penalty miss in Manchester City's Champions League loss to Real Madrid.

  • Real Madrid beat Man City on penalties
  • Silva misses poor spot kick in UCL exit
  • Van Basten criticises Portuguese star

WHAT HAPPENED?

City were knocked out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage by the Spanish giants, in a tie that ended 4-4 on aggregate before a shootout was required. Prior to Antonio Rudiger's spot-kick sending Madrid through to the semi-finals, Silva's effort from 12 yards was easily saved by goalkeeper Andriy Lunin - who barely had to move to make the stop. After the match, Netherlands hero Van Basten heavily criticised the Portuguese's penalty attempt.

WHAT MARCO VAN BASTEN SAID

Bernardo Silva Andriy Lunin Man City Real Madrid 2023-24

He said on Ziggo Sport: “If you are talking about a poorly taken penalty, then this is a poorly taken penalty. If the goalkeeper chooses a corner, he can still kick it away with his foot. This one was taken especially bad, really special bad. He can mark it, he can wait and see what the goalkeeper does, but he doesn’t do any of that. He shoots it half high, not into the corner and not hard. This couldn’t be worse.”

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Before this heavyweight clash at the Etihad on Wednesday, Silva spoke of City targeting their second straight treble but Madrid ended that dream by the narrowest of margins. They can still win the Premier League and FA Cup, though, and that is what Pep Guardiola will be urging his team to do.

WHAT NEXT?

Bernardo Silva Manchester City 2023-24

City star Silva can redeem himself on Saturday when Guardiola's men take on Chelsea in the semi-finals of the FA Cup at Wembley, followed by a trip to the Amex to face Brighton on Thursday in the Premier League.

You may like

Manchester City face Premier League title race blow that could hand upper hand to Arsenal

football.london a day ago

What Mohamed Salah allegedly said to Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool sent Frenkie de Jong message

liverpool.com 2 days ago

‘Very sad…’ Ian Wright reacts to news coming out of Chelsea

tbrfootball.com 2 days ago

Harry Kane sets remarkable Champions League record with goal against Real Madrid

sportbible.com a day ago

New Premier League table without VAR and where Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd place - g

manchesterworld.uk 7 hours ago

Man Utd ‘offers’ £145m pair to Barcelona as Deco gives ‘immediate’ response to approach

football365.com 11 hours ago

The real reason why Kai Havertz celebrated his two goals for Arsenal in win over Chelsea

arsenalinsider.com 7 hours ago

Harry Kane reveals what Jude Bellingham really said to him during penalty incident as new details

sportbible.com 9 hours ago

Ronaldo admits he's ready to sell Real Valladolid

tribalfootball.com a day ago