‘What a selfish decision’, ‘Why didn’t he pass?’ – Man City Fans rip into Riyad Mahrez for ‘horrendous’ miss to kill off Real Madrid

Man City winger Riyad Mahrez could have finished off the tie against Real Madrid by going up 3-0 in the first-half but failed to square the ball to his teammates for an easy goal.

Pep Guardiola’s side quickly found themselves 2-0 up at the Etihad against the iconic Los Blancos courtesy of a second-minute Kevin De Bruyne header and Gabriel Jesus’ 11th-minute strike. But the Premier League leaders could have easily been three goals up but for terrible decision-making by Mahrez.

The ball fell to the 31-year-old on the counter-attack as he drove toward the Real Madrid penalty area.

But with De Bruyne and Phil Foden to his left for support, the Algerian decided to go for goal himself rather than squaring it for a tap-in.

He was left to rue his mistake as Karim Benzema reduced the deficit to 2-1 just before half-time.

Phil Foden however restored their two goal cushion, despite both Mahrez and Foden missing chances early on in the second-half

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr then stuck before Bernardo Silva appeared to put the game to bed at 4-2 with a wonder strike.

City will now travel to Madrid knowing that a draw in the Spanish capital will be enough for them to progress to their second Champions League final in as many years.

How did social media react after Mahrez’s miss?

We take a look at What Man City fans are saying about this Mahrez’ miss!

“Why didn’t he pass.”
Credit: @BernardoMan888

“That should have been 3.”
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“Should’ve passed.”
Credit: @AxgelSZN

“There’s no excuse not to square that! He HAS to. Pep rightly furious..”
Credit: @majorramblings

“What a selfish decision.”
Credit: @Agozie_arth

“The tie was over what is he doing. Every time we have a clear cut chance he does this.”
Credit: @mbaalthani8

“Should have squared but pass may have been blocked ?! Still the shot was horrendous !!.”
Credit: @lester9320

“We slate sterling, but that was miles worse from Mahrez. Absolute madness.”
Credit: @john_jonah1

“Now I know why Pep keeps benching him.”
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Former England striker Alan Shearer was also quick to criticise Mahrez, as he told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘Riyad Mahrez shouldn’t have gone for the top right corner, it’s a simple as that.

‘If he had picked his head up, he’d have seen that Phil Foden was free to his left and he’s got a tap-in.

‘Pep Guardiola is going berzerk on the touchline for that exact reason.’