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- He was made to wait for around 40 seconds with the ball in the crowd at Etihad
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Manchester City fans caused a delay of around 40 seconds before Bernardo Silva's disastrous penalty in his side's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.
In a match dubbed the champions against the kings, nothing could separate the two sides across two games and it ended up with a penalty shootout, with Pep Guardiola's side coming up short.
City had an early advantage in the shootout when former Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric saw his spot kick saved by Ederson, but Silva missed straight after and Kovacic also had his effort stopped.
Silva's miss came in bizarre fashion, with the Portugal star shooting straight down the middle and Madrid stopper Andriy Lunin standing still, easily blocking the effort to square the tie up once again.
But it didn't appear completely the player's fault, as he was made to wait to take his kick due to the ball being in the crowd and City fans not giving it back.
Bernardo Silva (second left) was made to wait before taking - and missing - his penalty against Real Madrid
Manchester City fans held onto the ball before throwing it back, with Silva kicking his penalty into the arms of Andriy Lunin
Silva stood waiting to take his kick as Italian referee Daniele Orsato asked for a new ball, and looked on before it eventually returned from the crowd.
He then appeared nervous as he stepped up to take the kick, and scooped it straight into the hands of a grateful Lunin.
It remains bizarre that the ball ended up in the crowd, with Ederson stopping Modric's kick low to his left just before Silva's effort.
Replays, however, showed 38-year-old Modric hoofing the ball into the stand behind the goal before making his way back to the halfway line.
Silva was stood waiting for around 40 seconds having made his way from the halfway line
Replays showed Luka Modric smashed the ball into the stand behind the goal after missing his kick moments earlier
Rio Ferdinand, working as a pundit on TNT Sports, highlighted the fact that it was Silva's own fans who were delaying the kick, before former City man Joleon Lescott highlighted how it would have ruined the star's preparations.
'It would have taken him out of sync,' Lescott said. 'The routine, technique. It is a long time, you start thinking. It is a soft penalty.'
Guardiola said of his player taking the penalty: 'He said he wanted to take one and he is a reliable player. But what a game he had.'
More to follow.
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