Sheffield United midfielder Sander Berge shrugged off keeping Norway teammate Erling Haaland quiet in their FA Cup semifinal defeat to Manchester City.
Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick in Saturday’s 3-0 win for Manchester City.
“Does that help when you lost 3-0? Not much,” Berge admitted. “He’s scoring goals all the time and today he gave someone else that job.
“We’re very disappointed, of course. We stood up very well for big parts of the first half, until the first goal really. They didn’t create much, and we managed to stop the game and slow it down.
“We had our moments as well but they defended really well as a unit. It was too easy to give away the penalty and it gave them momentum in the second half. At 1-0 you have a chance and it was too easy for the second which kills the momentum.
“You think what could have been if that didn’t happen. We started really well and showed our shape and our togetherness, and it’s always annoying when you feel like the game goes away in that way.”
