Pep Guardiola says Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez should have pulled rank over the penalty blunder which almost cost Manchester City dear.<br /><br />Guardiola was furious when City’s stars offered Ilkay Gundogan the chance of completing a hat-trick from the spot in the 84th minute, only for the German star to miss.<br /><br />Seconds later Leeds pulled a goal back to set up a nervy finish and Guardiola said: ‘If it’s 2-0, who is the taker? The taker is Erling or Riyad.’<br /><br />Guardiola was furious at the time and was seen shouting: ‘You should have taken it’ to 42-goal top scorer Haaland. <br /><br />And the City boss added: ‘At 2-0 especially in England, the game never is over. I wanted the taker to take it, they have more routines and specialists.<br /><br />‘Saying that, Gundo could have scored, and other ones could have missed. But it’s not about that. I admire that Gundo wanted to take responsibility to take the penalty. That is the best value as a player. But normally the taker is the taker, Erling has to take it, he’s the specialist.’<br /><br />And Gundogan admitted that Guardiola let the players know he was unhappy in the dressing room.<br /><br />‘First, he showed to Erling that he was quite mad about that and then also he had a go at me,’ <br /><br />Gundogan said. ‘The moment Erling grabbed the ball, I was sure he was going to take it but he looked out for me. I checked with him a few times to make sure he was sure.’<br />
