Erling Haaland brands Arsenal star a “f****** clown”

Erling Haaland called Gabriel Jesus a “f***ing clown” after Manchester City’s draw with Arsenal on Sunday, having also tried to start an argument with a number of others.

Erling Haaland started Manchester City’s weekend game against Arsenal well enough, scoring the opening goal of the contest, but it turned out to be a very frustrating afternoon for the striker.

Arsenal had turned things around to lead 2-1 by the 45th minute, and despite Leandro Trossard’s red card, Haaland grew increasingly angry as he failed to find an equaliser in the second half.

John Stones eventually managed what the Norwegian international couldn’t, scoring a 98th-minute goal to earn City a point. Yet it arrived too late to calm Haaland down, as his head was completely gone by that point.

After the goal, Haaland picked up the ball and threw it at Gabriel Magalhaes, in an incident that was checked and cleared by VAR.

The striker then barged into Thomas Partey off the restart, sparking a scrap between the two sets of players in which Haaland clashed with 17-year-old debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly.

The game then ended, but Haaland continued to fume, with TV cameras catching his confrontations with Mikel Arteta and Gabriel Jesus.

“Stay humble eh, stay humble eh,” Haaland said to Arteta, getting no response until he tapped the manager on the shoulder to try and get his attention.

Arteta turned around, but opted to say nothing as Gabriel Jesus stepped in. Jesus asked why Haaland was saying it, and why he was talking.

“Talking about? What, I wasn’t talking ****ing clown. What you talking about get the **** away you ****ing clown.”

From Gabriel to Partey to Lewis-Skelly to Arteta to Jesus, it’s clear Haaland’s problem wasn’t with anyone in particular, he was just trying to deflect from City’s failure to win against 10 men at home by taking out his frustration on anyone in his vicinity.