Liverpool fans joke that De Bruyne missed his penalty on purpose

Some Liverpool supporters have joked that Kevin De Bruyne’s past allegiances to the Reds made him miss a penalty against them over the weekend.

Jurgen Klopp’s champions drew 1-1 away to Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, in arguably the biggest Premier League game of the season so far.

The first half was an electrifying, end-to-end contest, before a far more cagey second half took place.

Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool a deserved first half lead from the penalty spot, after Kyle Walker brought down Sadio Mane.

The Reds weren’t ahead for too long, however, as Gabriel Jesus turned Trent Alexander-Arnold superbly, prior to the Brazilian finishing past compatriot Alisson.

City had a golden opportunity to go in front shortly before half-time, when Joe Gomez was harshly adjudged to have handled the ball inside the area.

While many were expecting the brilliant De Bruyne to convert the spot-kick, he instead fired his effort wide of the target,

One Liverpool fan on Twitter, @ScouserChrisLFC, dug up an old image of a young De Bruyne claiming he supports Liverpool, hinting that he missed his penalty on purpose to help out his boyhood team.

https://twitter.com/ScouserChrisLFC/status/1325486847129214978?s=20

These Reds supporters cottoned on to the theory, also reacting to it in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

You gotta respect him. He put it wide to show he’s against the new atrocious handball rule.

— Adrian (@Iam_Ram2128) November 8, 2020

He didn't look gutted when he missed the pen

— Coeg (@LFCoeg) November 8, 2020

He’s a Red 🔴🔴

— 121-220 🌫 (@_AdoptedScouser) November 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/7771Jake/status/1325508542133129216?s=20

🤣🤣🤣

— Saif Ali (@SafeAlii) November 8, 2020

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