Following Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal, footage of Manchester City forward Erling Haaland conversing with Mikel Arteta prior to his altercation with Gabriel Jesus surfaced.
After Manchester City’s hard-fought 2-2 draw with Arsenal, Erling Haaland ordered Mikel Arteta to “stay humble” and then yelled at Gabriel Jesus to “get the f*** away”.
Despite trailing 2-1 at the interval, the champions enjoyed a numerical advantage over their opponents for the championship in the second half thanks to a second yellow card for Arsenal striker Leandro Trossard for kicking the ball away.
When John Stones headed in an equalizer in the 98th minute, the pressure eventually paid off. But tensions erupted both on and off the field, so that was only half the tale.
After scoring his 100th goal for Manchester City earlier in the day, Haaland was right in the heart of things. After Stones’ goal, he was then seen kicking the ball at Gabriel’s head. In extra time, he also got into arguments with a number of players after shoving Thomas Partey.However, fresh video of the Norway striker taunting Arteta following the final whistle has surfaced. Haaland can be seen advising the Gunners boss, “Stay humble eh,” in the video released by Sky Sports. Remain modest, eh?” before Jesus approached him.
The former City man was then reprimanded by Haaland, who said, “Talking about what I wasn’t talking about, f***ing clown.”
Then, it seemed as though he was pushing Jesus away a little before saying, “What are you talking about? Please, you f***ing moron, get the f*** away.”
Following the game, Pep Guardiola and Bernardo Silva both questioned Arsenal’s tactics in what amounted to a verbal spat. It was the latter who called them time wasters, and Stones mentioned their ‘dirty’ methods.
The last-gasp goal scorer for City commented, “It was a difficult afternoon for both teams, how they stop the play, how they use the side of football that not many teams do.”
“Call it cunning or nefarious, whatever your preference, but they disrupt the game, upsetting the flow. They take advantage of that, and we handled it really effectively.
“To obtain some information into the field, they slow down the game and put the goalie on the ground. I thought we were able to regulate our emotions throughout those difficult moments. Although there were several difficult tackles and some poor choices, we performed admirably.
“They have been doing it for a few years now, so we knew to expect that, but I wouldn’t say they have mastered it.”
