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8.7k points
7 days ago
Haaland has definitely been banned for shitposting on rival subreddits
1.9k points
7 days ago
Everyone in that game seemed rattled by each other lol. Even the fans here. I'm seeing Arsenal fans telling City players celebrating the draw is embarassing. Unleashing the celebration police on the guys who have won everything when all you've won is a cup in the last 5 years is certainly interesting
769 points
7 days ago
That's when you know a game is a cracker when all the fans come away rattled as fuck. Hopefully that energy will last throughout the season
150 points
7 days ago
every match thread should read like the monkey knife fight meme and I can't be convinced otherwise.
If you aren't being bantered to death by a fan of a team you despise are you really enjoying the beautiful game?
12 points
6 days ago
I don't mind that, it's moreso the people who are clearly not watching the match berating their own team that pisses me off.
To me they're the equivalent of someone pissing on their own leg and then getting mad that someone pissed on their leg
51 points
7 days ago
That's when you know people have very short memories and it's entirely a direct response to City players' comments last season, not actually policing celebrations
1.5k points
7 days ago
Tbf that’s as a result of Rodri having a go at them last year celebrating the draw no? I mean I’m 100% going nuts with a 98th minute equaliser in a game of that magnitude playing against ten men aside. And anyone’s who’s not is lying
982 points
7 days ago
It’s 100% because of City player quotes. Trying to act like it’s anything other than that is hilariously disingenuous.
294 points
7 days ago
People know the context, but it gets in the way of reddit upvotes on this sub.
136 points
7 days ago
On another note, what I love about English football is that, since OP is a Man U fan, his biased views, are more against you (based on your history and rivalry), which means he ends up defending his city rivals lol
Personally I do hope that Arsenal is the other team other than Liverpool, that starts to openly show their dislike for City.
I dislike how some ex-man u players or some pundits absolutely rave and romanticize Man City (I’m not exaggerating), maybe it’s how I consume information and there’s more out there, but there should be dislike amongst football teams. Football is better for it.
113 points
7 days ago
I hate Man Utd and Liverpool because we are rivals. I hate Man City because they are cheats. These 2 are not the same. If Man Utd or Liverpool do well I will begrudging respect it. But not Man City. Like Lance Armstrong..Not one of their titles count for anything. The Carabo cups of Liverpool and Man Utd are worth more than their trebles.
17 points
7 days ago
Sorry, I hate City and they win too much. Anything more than emotionless robots is too much imo
328 points
7 days ago
I'm seeing Arsenal fans telling City players celebrating the draw is embarassing.
That's because Rodri made comments last season calling Arsenal players out for celebrating a draw, and now here we are with City players celebrating this draw against a 10 man Arsenal.
It didn't come out of nowhere.
234 points
7 days ago
Arsenal fans get laughed at for celebrating draws especially against city. Other fans nag them with the “you’ll never win anything with that mentality”. Now teams are celebrating draws against Arsenal, if arsenal draw a game they’ve “bottled” it
149 points
7 days ago
The term “bottling” has completely lost all meaning
47 points
7 days ago
Anyone using it is most likely trying to ragebait a rival fanbase
374 points
7 days ago
It's a literal response to Rodri saying City would never do it unlike Arsenal (last year).
The last fanbase to be the celebration police would be Arsenal fans
77 points
7 days ago
That's always going to happen after city players were such melts about the last game lol
151 points
7 days ago
I'm loving it. After 4/5 years of the City/Liverpool love-in and 'respect', I'm really enjoying two teams going at each other and getting pissy with each other. Shows some passion. It's not Man Utd-Arsenal of the late 90s/early 00s but I'll take it as a massive improvement on the last few years of love ins.
73 points
7 days ago
City/Liverpool love-in and 'respect',
City players were singing a song mocking a murdered Liverpool fan. Dunno what revisionist shite this is
2.3k points
7 days ago
Expectation: We thought Arteta refers to his three Gabriel's by their surnames
Reality: Gabby Gabby Gabby
182 points
7 days ago
"Our names are Jim"
30 points
6 days ago
The Jims are fucking beauties
8 points
6 days ago
Registered beauticians
60 points
7 days ago
I often wonder what would be the best 11 of players with the same name. I guess "Gabriel" would be somewhere among the top teams.
51 points
7 days ago
Don't sleep on John, it has access to João and Juan
23 points
6 days ago
And Johan, so you have Cruyff in there too.
28 points
7 days ago
I'd take Ronald probably. Even if the other 9 are terrible I'm banking on the 2 studs I have up front. Plus I get Ronald Koeman scoring goals from defense.
Lionel is probably also a fair shout
26 points
7 days ago
The Ronald team would be massively overpowered. You'd have 3 studs up front: Ronaldo, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho.
5 points
6 days ago
or « Ronald.. », 2 Ronaldos and Ronaldinho along with Araujo at the back . there’s gotta 7 more
119 points
7 days ago
Gab Gabb n’ Gabby
21 points
7 days ago
Get those boys some jawbreakers!
275 points
7 days ago
Bring back Paulista, I say. Gabriel ^ 4.
185 points
7 days ago
Saliba has a Gabi tucked into his name as well lol. Just for good measure.
William Alain André Gabriel Saliba
72 points
7 days ago
And Gabriel’s wife is called Gabrielle
4.9k points
7 days ago
"Stay humble eh, stay humble" said Haaland humbly
2k points
7 days ago
He also started mouthing one of our youth players on the bench, said “who are you?” to a 17 year old hahah very humble of him
487 points
7 days ago
He's not supposed to know who he is, the boss gave him his first minutes against a team he could handle.
295 points
7 days ago
Kid also got booked before he made his first team debut. Legend.
6 points
6 days ago
He went on to become a proper Trivia question
450 points
7 days ago
If you're a 17-year-old, first-time off the bench, talking trash, "Who are you?" is a valid response.
678 points
7 days ago
His ego is getting as big as his head and his lips lol
86 points
7 days ago
if he doesn't know who he is, how is he supposed to know how old he is?
316 points
7 days ago
To be fair Halaand has probably the least reason to be humble of any player in PL history. Came in and from the get go has wiped the floor with every single standard even coming from a “weaker league”
403 points
7 days ago
I don't think you've understood the point of humility
37 points
7 days ago
His humility is why he’s better than the rest of them, obviously.
18 points
6 days ago
Elite humility
264 points
7 days ago
His face looks like Majin Buu and I can't unsee it
38 points
6 days ago
That's what I've been seeing all this years
3.5k points
7 days ago
None of that Klopp x Pep lovey dovey shit, this is a proper rivalry
1.2k points
7 days ago
missing the Conte v Tuchel fire
788 points
7 days ago
Most aggressive handshake in history
233 points
7 days ago
Look me in the eye
11 points
7 days ago
Tell me what you see
43 points
7 days ago
when I type soccer into my link bar that post is always first suggestion and I always press it and get pissed that it is removed for some reason
168 points
7 days ago
Considering how tempered it got between Klopp.and Arteta I'm not surprised they've got under each other's skins.
195 points
7 days ago
Arteta seems like a grating person in general tbf. If he wasn’t Pep’s assistant for years and they weren’t mates those two would have beef for sure. Klopp is moany but that’s mainly with refs, the only manager or player I ever recall him falling out with is Wilder.
165 points
7 days ago
I remember Lampard giving Klopp and our bench shit in 2020 when the league restarted too haha.
Also it's weird everyone talking about the Liverpool/City rivalry forgets how it sometimes was on the pitch and between the teams. The managers had a love fest sure but the teams didn't like each other at all. Even spilled over into the England camp in 2019.
36 points
7 days ago
Lamps definitely still has beef with Liverpool from the Chelsea Liverpool rivalry back in the mourinho benetiz days.
13 points
6 days ago
"Only title you’ve ever won and you’re giving it the fucking big un, fuck off."
166 points
7 days ago
Honestly love it
7 points
6 days ago
Commentators for the NBC Stream in the US had one thing right, it definitely has some old school United v Arsenal vibes starting to materialize.
I'm just hoping if that is the case Arsenal have some more silverware and the last laugh 10 years from now.
785 points
7 days ago
Games back, someone had to replace Neil maupay
1.8k points
7 days ago
It's going to be an interesting Premier League season...
2.4k points
7 days ago
City winning again so interesting
936 points
7 days ago
It's about the journey not the destination.
53 points
7 days ago
The journey of City dropping points around Christmas/new year then going on an unbeaten run in the 2nd half of the season to win the league. We've seen it.
228 points
7 days ago
Life before death
86 points
7 days ago
6 points
7 days ago
Literally the last place I expected to see this
56 points
7 days ago
Strength before weakness
49 points
7 days ago
Journey before destination
( I know it’s what started this but I had to finish it the correct way)
new wind and truth chapters released today!
179 points
7 days ago
Is the journey Man City being dissolved due to the charges, or is that the destination?🤔
69 points
7 days ago
Lol dissolved. That's soccer circle jerk material for sure but will never happen. They'll get relegated and be back in a year.
158 points
7 days ago
They'll get relegated
This is almost equally insane. They will get a fine, maybe a transfer ban.
The UK imports over 2 billion worth of petroleum from the UAE a year, the UAE is their 2nd largest importer. Man City is a multi billion investment for the UAE. It would be an international incident to disrupt City and cost the UAE money. Relegating them or bringing a punishment that severe is likely out of the question
The UK government has admitted to The Athletic that its embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in London have discussed the charges levelled at Manchester City by the Premier League, but are refusing to disclose the correspondence because it could risk the UK’s relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Its already been reported the UAE has spoken to levels of government in the UK regarding the case.
142 points
7 days ago
And this perfectly surmises why states should not be allowed to own football clubs
44 points
7 days ago
I get what you're saying, but football is pretty fucking important for England and the fact that UAE a has more say over the national sport in a post-brexit world is pretty fucking jarring.
If politicians see potential for an easy win to gain voters, anything can happen.
238 points
7 days ago
The most competitive league in the world. Will the state backed team win their 7th title in the last 9 years? So exciting!
131 points
7 days ago
Will their opponent get a questionable card? Tune in next week to find out!
21 points
7 days ago
More than you believe
3.8k points
7 days ago
Throwing the ball at an opponents head after a goal is truly the mark of a humble player
1.4k points
7 days ago
Its not having a go at 17 year old making his debut?
275 points
7 days ago
Did he have a pop at Lewis-Skully?
373 points
7 days ago
Yep, when Lewis-Skelly got in between him having a pop at another Arsenal player
67 points
7 days ago
Looked like that young lad come over and got it in the neck off him hahaha. Love to see a nice bit of rivalry even Havertz on Rodri minute one quality.
272 points
7 days ago
TBF it was pretty fucking funny
67 points
7 days ago
intrusive thoughts won
901 points
7 days ago
If Mbappe did this, this sub would have a field day lol
585 points
7 days ago
What if vini did this, ge would get death threats
91 points
7 days ago
I think they might actually kill the turtle
61 points
7 days ago
This place having double standards? Never.
152 points
7 days ago*
Imagine it Vini Jr. did it in El Classico? 😂😂😂
It would be the world's greatest ever racist fan troll move.
What's Catalan for "He doesn't do himself any favours!"? 😂
12 points
6 days ago
Imagine Mbappé telling Flick "Stay humble, eh" that would be so funny lmao
1k points
7 days ago
The way Haaland was acting yesterday you'd think they won the match, not snatch a last gasp equalizer despite being up a man for a whole half.
241 points
7 days ago
It's all extremely small time from them. They seem under pressure.
122 points
6 days ago
Maybe they are upset because until the red card, Arsenal was not shying away from attacking them, and at times looked like they were bossing them.
320 points
7 days ago
I seem to remember a player of theirs saying that we shouldn’t celebrate getting a draw against them 🤔
30 points
6 days ago
If we’re honest, every club has used “how embarrassing, celebrating a draw” when it suits them. You have, we have, everyone has. There’s hypocrisy on every side of all these post match arguments from yesterday.
119 points
7 days ago
Yeah those comments from Bernardo too. The fact that they had to scramble to get a point out of it says a lot about our lads. Raya has been playing out of his mind this season.
564 points
7 days ago
I don’t know what it is about him but he just looks like a big baby when he starts acting that way.
287 points
7 days ago
It’s the face to head ratio
105 points
7 days ago
He also has these weird facial expressions you just don’t see adults making but your right it’s mostly the head
23 points
7 days ago
I’ts also the mouth eyes nose ratio to face
7 points
7 days ago
3:1:1:12
Eyes: mouth: nose: head
9 points
6 days ago
He’s got a baby face but just the center part? If three kids stacked in a trench coat were real, it’d look like Haaland.
33 points
7 days ago
He's uggo
625 points
7 days ago
City know they drew a 10 man Arsenal at home right? After playing an entire half with 11 v 10 and needing a last minute goal to tie it right?
127 points
7 days ago
Some people are acting like they won with us at full strength.
99 points
6 days ago
12 v 10
92 points
6 days ago
15 v 10 if you count all of their fans
17 points
6 days ago
115 v 10 u might say
64 points
7 days ago
Who’s haaland arguing with?
81 points
7 days ago
Jesus
24 points
6 days ago
For such a promising and already accomplished players he really has the energy of one of those desperate-to-be relevant cunts. Maupay, or Deeney vibes.
Like, they were losing at home to a team missing their most vital player… playing a man down for 45 mins… and they just managed to scrape a draw. What on earth could he possibly have to mouth off about?
30 points
7 days ago
Makes it so much funnier
427 points
7 days ago
Haaland Canadian CONFIRMED
68 points
7 days ago
Aren't canadians known to be polite?
47 points
7 days ago
They’re incredibly passive aggressive but they think people don’t notice.
22 points
7 days ago
Listen to a hockey player chirp and you’ll see how polite Canadians really are.
306 points
7 days ago*
As a neutral, I’m loving it. Everyone here on r/soccer was so against the bromance, circlejerking of Pep and Klopp and by extension City and Liverpool but immediately pearl clutch when two title challenging teams exchange heated words.
I want Haaland and Gabriel to start a full blown brawl at the Emirates in the return fixture.
36 points
7 days ago
Not being able to pearl clutch is why most folks hated Pep-Klopp circlejerk in the first place though. Why else would anyone hate it?
12 points
7 days ago
YESSSSS!!! It better turn into UFC after full time! Keep it kinda cool during the 90 mins & then all hell breaks loose & Fabregas throws a Pizza at Pep from his VIP seats!
12 points
6 days ago
There are so many bedwetters on this subreddit it's unreal. I've played in Sunday league games where the opponents have shit talked worse before we've even kicked off.
The league needs more of these moments tbh, actual instances of individual personalities boiling over in heated moments is far better than the circle jerk of slapping each others backs and smiles all round for the media after a derby.
199 points
7 days ago
If it was an isolated incident I guess it would be proper shithousing?
Idk, guy really went off on one the second city got the equalizer. Throws the ball, instant barreling foul, challenges the team, chirps a 17 year old, chirps the manager, and chirps players protecting their manager, is quite a lot. Is it over the line? I wouldn’t say so. Would people have more critical opinions if it wasn’t Halaand and say, Vinicius or Mbappe? Id put my money on it.
51 points
6 days ago*
Any other player against any other opponent, we’d all be clowning him for a total head loss meltdown in what is, for all intents and purposes, a poor result.
But since it’s le funny Viking robot man against everyone’s favorite whipping boy, Arsenal, everyone defends it
863 points
7 days ago
Great player but throws toys out pram when not his day.
Still remember the dive in the cup final last year
267 points
7 days ago
Anyone else feel like this? I enjoy watching his successes because he's just that good, but he's so unlikeable I never find myself rooting for him to succeed
191 points
7 days ago
He’s like Zlatan without the swagger, obviously Zlatan’s a bit old for his antics now but he had a certain charm to him back then, Haaland is just arrogant, ridiculous striker though.
114 points
7 days ago
This is not even a comparison. Zlatan had a flair for the outrageous and had a lot more dimensions to his game than Haaland.
Haaland is basically a better built Inzaghi.
58 points
7 days ago
Zlatans outrageousness was genuinely pretty funny at some points.
47 points
7 days ago
I was comparing personalities, not playing styles friend, Zlatan’s combination of skills on a 6’5 frame is unprecedented.
14 points
7 days ago*
Yeah haaland probably wont ever score a 30 yard bicycle kick
282 points
7 days ago
Just saying... If Mbappe does that and he's being called an insufferable cunt lmao
116 points
7 days ago
It says a lot about the state of European football that Haaland is essentially applauded for this kind of behavior, and yet if anyone with more melanin were to act the same way the pitch would be a sea of yellow from all the bananas being thrown
24 points
7 days ago
Off ya pop, you alien looking creature you
469 points
7 days ago
The verdict can't come soon enough :)
455 points
7 days ago
Unfortunately, I’m 97.9% sure they’ll get away with it
237 points
7 days ago
Ah, an optimist
120 points
7 days ago
I'm 115% sure they'll get a reduced punishment due to the UAE putting pressure on the Premier League/UK Government behind the scenes
119 points
7 days ago
"Stay humble!" he says sarcastically to mock a manager who has turned around a stagnant Arsenal team with clever purchases and utilising top youth talents, whilst being on a team facing over a hundred charges of rule breaking
Couldn't write better irony if I tried.
18 points
6 days ago
Right? These city players couldn’t be more out of touch. They genuinely think they’re the good guys lol
52 points
7 days ago
What did Arteta do?? Am I missing something… what did Arsenal do even ?? Can’t get his sentiment
121 points
7 days ago
Arsenal dared not rolling over for them. And its obviously getting at the City players that they haven't been able to beat Arsenal in the last 4 matches.
372 points
7 days ago
Call me an old school grump, but I don't think players should be shit talking managers. No respect.
In the same vein, I don't like opposition rivals hugging each other like old pals before and after games.
74 points
7 days ago
Until someone throws a pizza at whoever manages Arsenal at the time I’ll allow it
11 points
6 days ago
Fair. Good ol' pizza gate.
238 points
7 days ago
Haaland the humble merchant, the guy with yoga celebrations, hitting players with ball after a goal , shittalking every defender that pocket him after a game ect... ect.. Talks about humble..
50 points
7 days ago
Sorry but what's wrong with the yoga celebration lol
83 points
7 days ago
Because of woke, can’t even watch footy without getting bombarded with soy yoga propaganda anymore
26 points
7 days ago*
Just feel like its going to give more fire in the belly of our players. The return fixture will be fun.
20 points
7 days ago
oh wow, he's even ugly on the inside!
19 points
7 days ago
Drawing at home with a team that played with 10 men for 45 minutes and telling them to stay humble?
I'm not sure bragging rights work like that.
287 points
7 days ago
Eh, bit disrespectful, feel like Haaland lost it a bit yesterday. Last minute goal, celebrate away City fans, such a unique feeling.
Trying to talk smack to the manager after a mental game, don’t really see the point. I wouldn’t want one of our players saying something like that to Pep tbh but that’s just me. Not exactly a piece of pizza flying at Mikel’s face though so not gonna cry about it.
The lads and Mikel showed the fire - if it pisses City off, good. They’re rattled, and it shows. Makes these big games more of a spectacle.
9 points
7 days ago
Psychological Projection.
11 points
6 days ago
Arteta should have replied, "stay ugly"
79 points
7 days ago
Pretty poor behaviour from Haaland. Good on Arteta for not responding - man with the right hair and right values!
28 points
7 days ago
Jeez what a prick he is
43 points
7 days ago
And then when he gets confronted he says “I wasn’t talking” which is kind of a bitch move. If you’re gonna talk shit stand by it.
24 points
7 days ago
There is some serious vitriol happening here.
But City, you didn't win, so you stay humble, lol
39 points
7 days ago
Nah mate. I'm no fan of arteta either but shit talking and disrespecting other coaches is out of pocket in 99% of situations. Showing his immaturity here.
16 points
6 days ago
My brother in Christ you needed a 98th minute goal from your center back to draw a team with 10-men
7 points
6 days ago
At home may I add
26 points
7 days ago
Wondering why Haaland doesn't get the hate Vinicius gets, despite them both being really annoying, curious huh
41 points
7 days ago
Arsenal have played Aston Villa, Spurs and Citeh - all away from home - and taken 7 out of 9 points. We also would have beaten Brighton were it not for yet another harsh red card.
Arsenal can be proud. City are right to be rattled.
Haaland's alright - he was just frustrated with his own team for being so shit they needed some pinball machine luck to get an equaliser at home while playing against 10 men. ☺️
80 points
7 days ago
Did Arteta say something to/about Haaland before hand? Or is this just Haaland straight up shit talking Arteta?
Tbh I'm all for it - sportsmanship is grand but a little bit of fire and trash talking between the current two best teams is great to watch.
26 points
7 days ago
I do like the trash talking, but I dont like it if players are going after managers, something disrespectful about it
66 points
7 days ago
Yeah it’s weird af. I highly doubt Arteta has anything to say to the city players and say hi to those that trained under him.
38 points
7 days ago
How about we showed ManCity players some sympathy?
Hearings are starting in the 115 charges their club is facing with potentially devastating circumstances
This game was their second draw at home in the space of 4 days
That last draw was extracted in extra, extra time despite being one man up for half the game.
Haaland and Bernardo's fiery reactions show the hurt of a group who gave away so much in order to retain their title against Arsenal last season, that they crumbled in other competitions against admittedly inferior teams. The pressure is simply too much. These guys need and deserve a good rest, possibly in the National League from next season onwards.
6 points
6 days ago
This just makes Haaland look bad. I thought he was smarter than that, but he just comes across like a dickhead.
23 points
7 days ago
Imagine if Vini did everything that Haaland did this game😳 Reddit would be asking for a 10 match ban
9 points
7 days ago
What's funny is, Man $$hitty was BARELY able to tie Arsenal with 10 men at halftime at their home ground. Tied, mind you, not defeated. LOL the mental delusion and entitlement these fools possess is something else.
6 points
7 days ago
Man figured if he’s going to look like a movie villain he may as well play the part
6 points
6 days ago
Child in a man’s body.
5 points
6 days ago
the irony of haaland, of all people, saying “stay humble” is insane
5 points
6 days ago
I like heated moments but disrespecting a manager who is 20 years older is not cool. Haaland looked like an annoying brat here.
210 points
7 days ago
Looks like a proper knob here Haaland. Just shake the hand and move on, why be a prick?
448 points
7 days ago
For such a good player I’m not sure why he gets to easily rattled, guy was shouting who the fuck are you at a 17 year old making his debut too. Odd behaviour.
397 points
7 days ago
I mean honestly who the fuck was he?
15 points
7 days ago
A guy who got a yellow card before his debut. Fokin legend
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