ERLING HAALAND's dada deed backmost astatine brutal trolling from Arsenal with an adjacent icier message.
Alf-Inge Haaland saw the Gunners beverage a 5-1 triumph implicit Manchester City by copying his son's extremity celebrations and posting the representation afterwards.
Awkward, if not angry, feelings betwixt the clubs person tally precocious pursuing a dramatic 2-2 Prem draw astatine the Etihad past September.
Haaland Junior struck archetypal but City lone rescued a constituent against the 10-man Gunners erstwhile John Stones scrambled an equaliser 8 minutes into stoppage time.
The Norwegian hitman past inflamed a tense concern by telling Arsenal main Mikel Arteta to "stay humble".
Gunners defender Gabriel Magalhaes led the evident animosity that followed.
He said, “It’s a battle, a war" and insisted: “It’s mean to person provocative acts successful football, it’s portion of the game."
And simmering emotions were ratcheted up erstwhile Gabriel hailed Martin Odegaard's opener by rejoicing successful Haaland's face
The erstwhile Borussia Dortmund prima past soared to equalise successful the 55th minute.
Haaland chose to people his extremity coldly, with a look that bordered connected a smirk.
But the Gunners past netted 4 times without reply - done Thomas Partey, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri - to instrumentality 2nd successful the Prem.
And Lewis-Skelly, successful particular, taunted Pep Guardiola's men with the mode helium lauded his strike.
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The left-back, 18, mimicked a Haaland solemnisation by sitting connected the ground, arsenic if meditating, portion his team-mates looked down connected him.
Defeat left champions City 15 points and 3 places down leaders Liverpool.
And Arsenal's media squad responded to their side's thumping triumph by sharing a drawback of a cross-legged Lewis-Skelly being mobbed.
The Gunners added the words: "This team" - on with a clenched fist.
Ex-Man City defender Haaland Senior rapidly replied: " «This Team» that wins everything. Ehhhhh, not" - followed by a bluish heart.
That's a notation to City winning six of the past Prem titles, whereas Arsena's past silverware came erstwhile winning the FA Cup successful 2020.
But fans were divided implicit whether Alf-Inge's involution was adjuvant for his son.
One perceiver posted: "Stay humble has gone crying to his dada I see."
Another added: "Watch your boy, helium is inactive eating humble pie."
But immoderate supporters appeared to backmost Haaland Senior arsenic they mocked the Gunners' announcement.
One said: "That effect wins them the societal media trophy until Newcastle bounce them retired of the lone contention they could triumph this season.
That's due to the fact that Arsenal sojourn Newcastle successful Wednesday's Carabao Cup semi-final, 2-0 down from the first leg.
And a fewer fans were positively delighted by Alf-Inge.
One wrote: "Spot on. More a***d astir winning made-up societal media battles than trophies."