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FANS are convinced they cognize what Erling Haaland said to Gabriel portion the Manchester City prima was relentlessly taunted by Arsenal.
The Gunners spent the entire 90 minutes winding up the striker during yesterday's 5-1 win.
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Haaland is hated by Arsenal aft his "stay humble" excavation ignited a feud astatine the extremity of their past meeting.
Mikel Arteta's broadside got their ain backmost by continuously trying to get nether his skin, with main perpetrator Gabriel, Myles Lewis-Skelly and adjacent the stadium DJ each portion of the goading onslaught.
Despite perpetually being a target, Haaland did not respond too 1 infinitesimal successful the second-half.
The Norwegian exchanged words with Gabriel and past flexed the golden Premier League badge connected the sleeve of the champions' shirt.
Lip-reading fans are definite Haaland said: "You'd emotion this, eh?"
City volition not marque it 5 titles successful a enactment arsenic they are present a immense 15 points disconnected the apical of the table.
But Arsenal's 20-year hold for glory whitethorn besides spell connected if they cannot overturn a six-point shortage connected Liverpool.
But getting 1 implicit connected Haaland was thing to observe successful itself, with the daggers drawn earlier yesterday's crippled adjacent begun erstwhile Gabriel said: “It’s a battle, a war".
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When Martin Odegaard opened the scoring the Arsenal centre-back shouted successful Haaland's face to celebrate.
Myles Lewis-Skelly aboriginal scored to marque it 3-1 and helium brutally copied the City star's trademark extremity celebration.
'Stay humble,' Erling Haaland tells Arteta who gives him brutal decease look earlier Gabriel Jesus confronts Man City ace
Gabriel, who was successful Haaland's receptor each game, past grabbed his shorts arsenic helium sat connected the crushed aft a foul.
Arsenal's DJ blasted retired the opus "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar astatine full-time.
Meanwhile, Gunners fans chanted: "Erling Haaland, enactment humble you c***."
At the extremity of the game, the unmoved extremity instrumentality walked implicit to applaud the City fans, again pointing to the aureate Prem badge and his mind.
Arteta has encouraged his players to stop their antics, saying: "Leave thing that happened that’s portion of the crippled connected the pitch.
“I person been successful shot a agelong time. Just permission it. There is thing determination to do.”
But it did not halt Lewis-Skelly posting a representation of his Haaland-like solemnisation with the words: “Keep it humble.”
His dada Alfie responded to a representation of the Arsenal teenager, writing: “This squad that wins everything. Ehhhhh, not.”
Arsenal subordinate ratings vs Man City
ARSENAL stunned Man City 5-1 astatine the Emirates connected Sunday evening.
It was an unthinkable effect against their rivals of caller years.
Here, we instrumentality a look astatine however the Gunners rated...
David Raya - 7/10
Had precise small to bash successful the archetypal fractional but made a superb prevention successful the 22nd infinitesimal to contradict a goalbound header from Josko Gvardiol. Made different stunning prevention 2 minutes from the half-time interval, stopping a deflected Savinho changeable from adjacent range. Powerless to halt Erling Haaland's 55th-minute header from concisely levelling the scores.
Jurrien Timber - 6
Didn't connection his accustomed attacking menace going guardant but was coagulated defensively. Picked up a pointless yellowish breaking up a harmless counter-attack successful the 24th minute. Almost scored precocious successful the 2nd half.
William Saliba - 5
Didn't person overmuch to bash successful the archetypal fractional but won each his aerial battles successful the archetypal 45 minutes. Marshalled the defence good aboriginal successful the 2nd play but was embarrassingly outjumped and outmuscled by Haaland for City's equaliser - a large flaw of his that continues to beryllium exposed.
Gabriel Magalhaes - 6
Like his antiaircraft partner, helium was seldom called into enactment successful the archetypal half. Dominant successful the aerial successful his battles with Haaland, who helium trolled aft Odegaard's goal.
Myles Lewis-Skelly - 8
Continues to endear himself to the Emirates faithful with composure and tenacity beyond his years arsenic helium brilliantly floated betwixt near backmost and midfield. Put existent daylight betwixt the 2 sides with a thumping decorativeness conscionable aft the hr mark. This young lad is simply a existent agleam imaginable for some the Gunners and England.
His trolling of Haaland by copying the Norwegian's 'Lotus' solemnisation went down a tempest with fans.
Thomas Partey - 7
Steady successful the bosom of midfield and broke up play good erstwhile required. Fired the Gunners backmost into the pb successful the 57th infinitesimal with a deflected changeable from extracurricular the box.
Martin Odegaard - 7
Was successful the close spot astatine the close clip to payment from the aftermath of an uncharacteristic Manuel Akanji mistake and interruption the deadlock. Was astatine the bosom of everything bully the northbound Londoners did going forward.
Declan Rice - 6
Combative, arsenic always, successful the mediate of the parkland and played a relation successful the location broadside taking the lead, teeing up Havertz who squared the shot to Odegaard.
Leandro Trossard - 6
Was peculiarly lively connected the near successful the archetypal half, giving Matheus Nunes a existent tally for his money. His extremity product, however, wasn't the best.
Gabriel Martinelli - 6
Lively connected the close helping successful the aboriginal goings. Found the backmost of the nett successful the 5th infinitesimal aft immoderate beauteous play from Odegaard but was needlessly offside. Forced a bully prevention retired of Ortega with a rasping effort successful the 68th minute.
Kai Havertz - 6
Lively aboriginal doors, investigating Stefan Ortega with a tame changeable successful the archetypal minute. Teed up Odegaard for a pat successful a fewer moments later. Missed a aureate accidental to treble the pb successful the 25th minute, dragging the shot wide with the extremity astatine his implicit mercy. Made amends for his howler by finishing an adjacent harder accidental successful the 76th minute. He good and genuinely needed that arsenic helium looked perfectly devoid of confidence.
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Ethan Nwaneri - 83 (on for Trossard) - 7
Put the cherry connected apical of the barroom with an outrageous effort successful second-half stoppage time.
Mikel Merino - 83 (on for Odegaard) - 5
Raheem Sterling - 89 (on for Kai Havertz ) - N/A
Riccardo Calafiori 89 (on for Lewis-Skelly) - N/A
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