Was Dyer robbed or selfish?

Argument ... Michu tries to calm Nathan Dyer down. Source: Adrian Dennis / News Limited

Pretend for a minute you were a Barclays Premier League manager and had to make a choice.

After winning a penalty in a cup final, does your regular penalty taker step up or do you let the youngster with two goals have a crack at a Wembley hat-trick?

That was the scenario for Swansea City in Sunday's (EDT) League Cup final.

Watch the video below and decide, then leave a comment at the bottom of the page to join the debate.

Up stepped penalty specialist Jonathan de Guzman - decision made - and the Swans extended their lead over Bradford City to 4-0.

Unfortunately, it didn't go down too well with young striker Nathan Dyer who was distraught or threw a hissy fit, depending on which side of the argument you're on.

It would have been the first hat-trick in League Cup history but professionalism won out.

Dyer pleaded, remonstrated, abused de Guzman and anyone who tried to calm him down, including Michu and referee Kevin Friend.

However, as a way of apologising Dyer gave de Guzman a hug after the penalty.

After the game Dyer said he was disappointed to miss out on a dream maiden hat-trick but was glad the team had won the title.

"I had two goals and it's not every day you get the chance for a hat-trick at Wembley so I wanted the third but I didn't get the chance and that was that," he said.

"It was disappointing but the most important thing was that we scored the goal and won the match. It's all done and dusted now."

"To get a hat-trick at Wembley in my first cup final for Swansea City, you can’t write that and I feel like it did get taken away from me a little bit.

"But we’re teammates at the end of the game and you have to move on. I haven’t scored a hat-trick in my career, so I was devastated not to have got it.

"It was hard to take and hard to swallow but we won, we won the cup and made history and that’s the main thing. I scored two goals as well and got the man-of-the-match, so I can’t really ask for more."

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