Micah Richards penalty: Manchester City defender apologises for abysmal spot-kick as it is given the meme treatment

City lost on penalties to Olympiakos in America after the miss

Micah Richards holds his head in shame after blazing his penalty over the bar (GETTY IMAGES)

Well, at least it happened in a pre-season friendly.

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has apologised for this abysmal penalty (see below), during City’s shoot-out defeat by Olympiakos in America last night, after the match ended 2-2.

The 26-year-old decided to channel his inner-Chris Waddle, and sprinted up to the ball before lashing it into orbit from 12-yards.

Unsurprisingly, Richards then began to trend on Twitter, and the memes started to fly in.

Watch Richards' woeful effort below...

Richards apology: