Erling Haaland: FA Cup penalty choice exhibits he isn’t Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, says Wayne Rooney

Erling Haaland can’t be thought of in the identical bracket as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo after giving up a penalty in Man Metropolis’s FA Cup remaining defeat to Crystal Palace, says Wayne Rooney.

Metropolis have been overwhelmed 1-0 at Wembley by Crystal Palace after Omar Marmoush had a first-half penalty saved by Dean Henderson, who was lucky to nonetheless be on the pitch after avoiding a pink card overview by the VAR.

Haaland, Metropolis’s traditional penalty taker, handed the ball to Marmoush with 10 minutes left of the half and Palace 1-0 up due to Eberechi Eze’s early opener, however Henderson guessed accurately to disclaim him.

Former Manchester United striker Rooney questioned if Haaland, simply two video games again from damage, handed on the duty as a result of he was overwhelmed by the strain of the second.

“Erling Haaland is a world-class ahead, however once we’re speaking about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, there is no means they’re giving that ball away,” Rooney stated on BBC Sport.

“That is what separates these two gamers from Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe and these gamers.

“They’re egocentric they usually wish to rating each sport.

“When he misses possibilities, I feel you’ll be able to see it will get to him and it does have an effect on him.

“Perhaps the considered taking a penalty at Wembley might need been an excessive amount of for him. You by no means know, he is a human being.”

Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola had anticipated Haaland to step up and says the choice for Marmoush to take the penalty was made by the gamers on the pitch.

“I assumed he [would] wish to take it,” Guardiola stated of Haaland after the sport. “We did not converse. There are questions within the conferences, and there are issues which are prepared for them.

“That second for the free-kicks, the penalty, is particularly [about] how you are feeling. They noticed that Omar was able to take it.”

Henderson revealed after the sport that he was extra assured about dealing with a penalty from Marmoush than Haaland.

“Haaland might need stepped up, I wasn’t certain which means he’d go,” the Palace goalkeeper instructed BBC Sport. “He gave it to Marmoush – I knew which means he was going. I knew I might put it aside.”

Henderson has earlier for saving spot-kicks at Wembley, having already executed so for Shrewsbury within the League One Play-off remaining in 2018, when on mortgage from Manchester United.

“I saved a penalty down there a number of years in the past for Shrewsbury,” he instructed ITV Sport. “I fancied my possibilities in that nook. He smashed it laborious and I went the fitting means.”

Ought to Henderson have been despatched off?

Henderson had escaped a sending off not lengthy earlier than his penalty heroics after showing to deal with the ball outdoors the realm when Haaland appeared primed to knock the ball previous him.

VAR reviewed the incident after referee Stuart Attwell missed the handball and felt Henderson had dealt with the ball past the bounds of his field, however determined it was not denying a goalscoring alternative as a result of the ball was travelling away from objective.

Former Metropolis defender Joleon Lescott stated it was “one of many worst choices” he had seen in soccer, whereas Ian Wright described the officiating as “pathetic”.

Henderson shrugged off questions on his potential pink card after the sport.

“I did not know [the VAR review] was for me,” he instructed ITV Sport. “Who cares, it does not matter. I’m not bothered.”

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