Chris Sutton reveals his top five favourite missed sitters of all-time on It's All Kicking Off, but
Chris Sutton has revealed his top five sitters of all-time in the wake of Erling Haaland’s sensational miss in Sunday’s Manchester derby.
The City star somehow put the ball over a gaping net from just three yards out towards the end of the first-half in a moment likely to be replayed forever.
It didn’t matter in the end, with Haaland rounding off City’s 3-1 win over United late on after two Phil Foden strikes.
But that didn’t stop Sutton, speaking on Mail Sport’s It’s All Kicking Off podcast, wondering how on earth he didn’t score.
‘Why didn’t he just head it? He could have chested it in, bundled it in with his belly, he could have done absolutely anything,’ Sutton asked.
Erling Haaland can’t quite believe it after missing from just a few yards out in Sunday’s derby
City’s Norwegian striker would be backed almost every time to put such a chance away
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‘That was the only way you can possibly miss, you can’t miss with a header from that range.’
Sutton also picked out his favourite misses in the regular five-a-side segment.
5. STEVE STONE – Reading vs NOTTINGHAM FOREST (October 1997)
Sutton said: ‘Kevin Campbell goes through and Steve Stone is alongside him. The ball is squared from Campbell and Stone is probably eight yards out with no goalkeeper in the goal.
‘He shanks it wide! You’ve got to see it to believe it.’
It’s All Kicking Off co-host Ian Ladyman added: ‘I will interject, I was there covering the game for the Nottingham Evening Post. It was a Friday night.
‘The look of astonishment on Steve Stone’s face as he turned back to take his position…’
We’ve dug into the archives to find Steve Stone’s miss for Nottingham Forest against Reading back in October 1997…🎥
Where does this rank among the worst of all time?!
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4. PETER VAN VOSSEN – Celtic vs RANGERS (November 1996)
Sutton said: ‘Jorg Albertz goes through and it was a similar situation, a carbon copy, of the Stone miss and he does exactly the same.
‘He has the goal gaping and he shanks it over the bar. Ballooned it! The ball is just flat, pass it into the goal!’
Peter van Vossen of Rangers somehow misses his sitter in the Old Firm derby in October 1996
3. FERNANDO TORRES – Man United vs CHELSEA (September 2011)
Sutton: ‘The little step-over, goes around the goalkeeper. The ball’s not really running away from him and how has he shanked that wide? Incredible!’
Chelsea’s Fernando Torres somehow missed from this situation against Man United in 2011
Torres wants the ground to swallow him up after putting the ball wide of David de Gea’s net
2. ERLING HAALAND – MAN CITY vs Man United (March 2024)
‘I’ve got Haaland at two just because he scored like 500 goals last season and we’re not used to him missing chances like that,’ Sutton said.
‘He could have bundled it in, bellied it in, chested it in. He took the wrong action but he was so close he shouldn’t have missed that.’
Erling Haaland somehow clears the crossbar during Sunday’s Manchester derby at the Etihad
1. RONNY ROSENTHAL – Aston Villa vs LIVERPOOL (1992)
‘Long punt by David James, Rosenthal for Liverpool is in behind the Villa defence and Shaun Teale misses it,’ Sutton said.
‘Rosenthal strolls around the goalkeeper, takes a touch to steady himself before he rolls it into the empty net… or not, seven yards out, off the underside of the bar. It was incredible!’
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