Erling Haaland scolds Mikel Arteta with two-word dig during fiery post-match exchange

Ben FlemingPublished Sep 23, 2024, 12:16pm|Updated Sep 23, 2024, 12:17pm

Erling Haaland provoked Mikel Arteta with a two-word connection during a fiery full-time enactment pursuing Manchester City’s gully with Arsenal.

The Gunners thought they were heading apical of the Premier League array but were denied when John Stones prodded location a 97th-minute equaliser to rescue a point.

After a cagey matter astatine the Etihad, emotions boiled implicit astatine full-time, with Haaland issuing a spikey connection to Arteta arsenic the 2 convened connected the pitch.

Patting the Spaniard connected the back, the City striker told the Gunners boss: ‘Stay humble, eh, enactment humble.’

Having heard the comment, Arteta turned astir to look astatine the Norwegian striker earlier turning and walking away.

Gabriel Jesus instantly confronted Haaland for his comments, telling the City striker: ‘Come, travel wherefore you saying, you talking.’

But Haaland was intelligibly successful nary temper to reconcile and deed backmost astatine the Brazillian, saying: ‘Talking astir what? I wasn’t talking f*****g clown.’

‘What are you talking astir get the f**k distant you f*****g clown,’ the City striker added arsenic helium pushed Jesus away, with Jack Grealish and Ben White stepping successful to dissolve the confrontation.

It marked a drama-filled crippled for Haaland who notched up his 100th City extremity successful the archetypal fractional with a chill decorativeness past David Raya.

And the 24-year-old made definite to bask Stones’ precocious equaliser, gathering the shot from the backmost of the nett earlier bouncing it disconnected the backmost of Gabriel’s head.

Moments later, Haaland got into a confrontation with the Brazilian centre-back successful which helium past appeared to accidental ‘who the f**k are you?’ to Arsenal’s 17-year-old substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly.

After full-time, City midfielder Bernardo Silva turned the dial adjacent further connected this brewing rivalry arsenic helium took purpose astatine Arsenal’s benignant of play during the encounter.

‘There was lone 1 squad that came to play football. The different came to play to the limits of what was imaginable to bash and allowed by the referee, unfortunately,’ helium told TNT Sports.

‘We’re not blessed arsenic we wanted the 3 points, but personally I’m blessed with the mode we came to play and faced the game. I’m gladsome we ever participate the transportation to effort to triumph each match.’

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