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title: "Man City: Fans slam pre-season incident"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-the-citizens-cole-palmer-barnsley-the-tykes-preston/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Manchester City Football Club"
published: "2021-08-01T18:50:51Z"
modified: "2021-08-01T18:50:51Z"
---

# Man City: Fans slam pre-season incident

**Manchester City fans were far from happy as Cole Palmer missed a penalty during their pre-season friendly with Barnsley on Saturday.**

The Citizens’ pre-season campaign is well underway as they prepare for the 2021/22 season. The Citizens have played two warm-up matches so far – they beat Preston North End 2-0 before hammering Barnsley 4-0 as a number of the club’s younger players impressed to give Pep Guardiola something to think about.

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However, it was not all plain sailing for the Citizens in the second match. Against the Tykes, Palmer missed a penalty, which continued City’s poor record from the spot – last term, the Premier League champions scored just seven from their 11 spot-kicks ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/elfmeterstatistik/verein/281/plus/1?reldata=%262020)), far from an impressive record. Guardiola which surely be looking for improvement in that department.

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[Twitter account @City\_Xtra](https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1421526387878469633) tweeted about the missed penalty, and it attracted plenty of attention from the supporters. They took to the social media platform to share their thoughts.

### **Let’s see what the fans had to say about the Palmer miss below**

**“Our disease still”**

Credit: [@atweleboy](https://twitter.com/atweleboy/status/1421526727642206209)

**“The curse continues …”**

Credit: [@drizzydruw](https://twitter.com/drizzydruw/status/1421526981754109953)

**“Different year. Same stuff.”**

Credit: [@FinallyManfred](https://twitter.com/FinallyManfred/status/1421526835096129537)

**“This is so annoying”**

Credit: [@Drmwas\_Ke](https://twitter.com/Drmwas_Ke/status/1421526629373861899)

**“We’re actually so bad at pens”**

Credit: [@7Mcfcmax](https://twitter.com/7Mcfcmax/status/1421526468392333314)

**“Even in pre-season we’re cursed”**

Credit: [@Alleyezon\_AB](https://twitter.com/Alleyezon_AB/status/1421526840515117066)

***In other news, [Man City fans were gutted at this transfer news.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/man-city-the-citizens-pep-guardiola-lukas-nmecha-wolfsburg-porto-chelsea-champions-league/)***