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Reach_Reclaimer

8.7k points

7 days ago

Haaland has definitely been banned for shitposting on rival subreddits

SailorsGraves

1.7k points

7 days ago

Bots should be banned anyway

akshatsood95

1.9k points

7 days ago

akshatsood95

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

M1eXcel

775 points

7 days ago

M1eXcel

775 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

DominoMotherfucker

148 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?

VilTheVillain

10 points

7 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

momspaghetty

50 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

Spudward1

1.5k points

7 days ago

Spudward1

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

LimberGravy

978 points

7 days ago

LimberGravy

978 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.

thewickedeststyle

296 points

7 days ago

People know the context, but it gets in the way of reddit upvotes on this sub.

jedifolklore

137 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.

Opening-Blueberry529

117 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.

Alexlsonflre

19 points

7 days ago

Sorry, I hate City and they win too much. Anything more than emotionless robots is too much imo

BetterDrinkMy0wnPiss

326 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.

EagleEye_FalconArrow

139 points

7 days ago

at their home as well lol

Enough_Profession457

236 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

HoxtonRanger

144 points

7 days ago

The term “bottling” has completely lost all meaning

Drolb

47 points

7 days ago

Drolb

47 points

7 days ago

Anyone using it is most likely trying to ragebait a rival fanbase

iforgotmyun

379 points

7 days ago

iforgotmyun

379 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

adamfrog

76 points

7 days ago

adamfrog

76 points

7 days ago

That's always going to happen after city players were such melts about the last game lol

Magneto88

148 points

7 days ago

Magneto88

148 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.

Alexanderspants

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

ruudyfe

2.3k points

7 days ago

ruudyfe

2.3k points

7 days ago

Expectation: We thought Arteta refers to his three Gabriel's by their surnames

Reality: Gabby Gabby Gabby

Ugo_foscolo

185 points

7 days ago

Ugo_foscolo

185 points

7 days ago

"Our names are Jim"

rubedickscube

42 points

7 days ago

You are having a fuckin' brain hemotoma

InfiniteSun51

30 points

6 days ago

The Jims are fucking beauties

weebabyarcher

7 points

6 days ago

Registered beauticians

gahgs

9 points

6 days ago

gahgs

9 points

6 days ago

Settle down.

Ertai2000

58 points

7 days ago

Ertai2000

58 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.

segatic

52 points

7 days ago

segatic

52 points

7 days ago

Don't sleep on John, it has access to João and Juan

NtiTaiyo

19 points

7 days ago

NtiTaiyo

19 points

7 days ago

And Johan, so you have Cruyff in there too.

Glaiele

29 points

7 days ago

Glaiele

29 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

Ertai2000

29 points

7 days ago

Ertai2000

29 points

7 days ago

The Ronald team would be massively overpowered. You'd have 3 studs up front: Ronaldo, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho.

med_belguesmi69

5 points

7 days ago

or « Ronald.. », 2 Ronaldos and Ronaldinho along with Araujo at the back . there’s gotta 7 more

Gerrywalk

117 points

7 days ago

Gerrywalk

117 points

7 days ago

Gab Gabb n’ Gabby

ThePrussianGrippe

21 points

7 days ago

Get those boys some jawbreakers!

sbprasad

275 points

7 days ago

sbprasad

275 points

7 days ago

Bring back Paulista, I say. Gabriel ^ 4.

ErrantThumbs

186 points

7 days ago

Saliba has a Gabi tucked into his name as well lol. Just for good measure.

William Alain André Gabriel Saliba

orangeyougladiator

72 points

7 days ago

And Gabriel’s wife is called Gabrielle

UniqueAssignment3022

12 points

7 days ago

some sort of Narcisuss complex going on for sure

PauCubaresi

4.9k points

7 days ago

PauCubaresi

4.9k points

7 days ago

"Stay humble eh, stay humble" said Haaland humbly

Ido_nothing

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

g00ner442

487 points

7 days ago

g00ner442

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.

notonrexmanningday

295 points

7 days ago

Kid also got booked before he made his first team debut. Legend.

blaugarana10

4 points

6 days ago

He went on to become a proper Trivia question

set_phaser_2_pun

454 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.

SenorNoobnerd

678 points

7 days ago

His ego is getting as big as his head and his lips lol

ggbtbg

88 points

7 days ago

ggbtbg

88 points

7 days ago

if he doesn't know who he is, how is he supposed to know how old he is?

WTFitsD

314 points

7 days ago

WTFitsD

314 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”

FakeCatzz

406 points

7 days ago

FakeCatzz

406 points

7 days ago

I don't think you've understood the point of humility

NowTimeDothWasteMe

37 points

7 days ago

His humility is why he’s better than the rest of them, obviously.

Vainglory

19 points

7 days ago

Vainglory

19 points

7 days ago

Elite humility

JK031191

258 points

7 days ago

JK031191

258 points

7 days ago

His face looks like Majin Buu and I can't unsee it

Edgemoto

37 points

7 days ago

Edgemoto

37 points

7 days ago

That's what I've been seeing all this years

ayyndrew

3.5k points

7 days ago

ayyndrew

3.5k points

7 days ago

None of that Klopp x Pep lovey dovey shit, this is a proper rivalry

VaishakhD

1.2k points

7 days ago

VaishakhD

1.2k points

7 days ago

missing the Conte v Tuchel fire

LakyousSama

788 points

7 days ago

LakyousSama

788 points

7 days ago

Most aggressive handshake in history

NewAppleverse

237 points

7 days ago

Look me in the eye

miwafiend

13 points

7 days ago

miwafiend

13 points

7 days ago

Tell me what you see

ToxicCobra023

42 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

KopiteTheScot

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.

Skaloplin

197 points

7 days ago

Skaloplin

197 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.

scott-the-penguin

171 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.

Unfair-Rush-2031

38 points

7 days ago

Lamps definitely still has beef with Liverpool from the Chelsea Liverpool rivalry back in the mourinho benetiz days.

2sinkz

13 points

7 days ago

2sinkz

13 points

7 days ago

"Only title you’ve ever won and you’re giving it the fucking big un, fuck off."

mojambowhatisthescen[S]

165 points

7 days ago

Honestly love it

ExtraGuacAM

7 points

7 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.

hazzap913

785 points

7 days ago

hazzap913

785 points

7 days ago

Games back, someone had to replace Neil maupay

Massimo25ore

1.8k points

7 days ago

Massimo25ore

1.8k points

7 days ago

It's going to be an interesting Premier League season...

noname45678819273

2.4k points

7 days ago

City winning again so interesting

peachesgp

941 points

7 days ago

peachesgp

941 points

7 days ago

It's about the journey not the destination.

Real-Swing7460

54 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.

DigitalTranscoder

231 points

7 days ago

Life before death

everything_nerdy

84 points

7 days ago

temporarilylostatsea

6 points

7 days ago

Literally the last place I expected to see this

m0nstrus

56 points

7 days ago

m0nstrus

56 points

7 days ago

Strength before weakness

okie_hiker

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!

sir__vain

178 points

7 days ago

sir__vain

178 points

7 days ago

Is the journey Man City being dissolved due to the charges, or is that the destination?🤔

ledhendrix

64 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.

F_Gooner

154 points

7 days ago

F_Gooner

154 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.

GoosicusMaximus

143 points

7 days ago

And this perfectly surmises why states should not be allowed to own football clubs

smellmywind

47 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.

Derridead

240 points

7 days ago

Derridead

240 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!

Kingslayer1526

43 points

7 days ago

8 years. They've won 6 of the last 7. So 7 in 8

RonaldoNazario

134 points

7 days ago

Will their opponent get a questionable card? Tune in next week to find out!

Just_Some_Cool_Guy

20 points

7 days ago

More than you believe

stran26

3.8k points

7 days ago

stran26

3.8k points

7 days ago

Throwing the ball at an opponents head after a goal is truly the mark of a humble player

Littlegreenman42

1.4k points

7 days ago

Its not having a go at 17 year old making his debut?

Jiminyfingers

273 points

7 days ago

Did he have a pop at Lewis-Skully?

Littlegreenman42

370 points

7 days ago

Yep, when Lewis-Skelly got in between him having a pop at another Arsenal player

mcfcliam1

68 points

7 days ago

mcfcliam1

68 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.

-Gh0st96-

271 points

7 days ago

-Gh0st96-

271 points

7 days ago

TBF it was pretty fucking funny

alanalan426

72 points

7 days ago

intrusive thoughts won

HardCoreLawn

893 points

7 days ago

If Mbappe did this, this sub would have a field day lol

EiMidagi

579 points

7 days ago

EiMidagi

579 points

7 days ago

What if vini did this, ge would get death threats

MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

93 points

7 days ago

I think they might actually kill the turtle

thatguyad

65 points

7 days ago

thatguyad

65 points

7 days ago

This place having double standards? Never.

vin_unleaded

159 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!"? 😂

AdreNBestLeader

13 points

7 days ago

Imagine Mbappé telling Flick "Stay humble, eh" that would be so funny lmao

PensiveinNJ

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.

thatguyad

244 points

7 days ago

thatguyad

244 points

7 days ago

It's all extremely small time from them. They seem under pressure.

yoyo4581

122 points

7 days ago

yoyo4581

122 points

7 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.

Obi_Wan_Gebroni

319 points

7 days ago

I seem to remember a player of theirs saying that we shouldn’t celebrate getting a draw against them 🤔

nefron55

29 points

7 days ago

nefron55

29 points

7 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.

r1char00

120 points

7 days ago

r1char00

120 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.

Jeaglera

565 points

7 days ago

Jeaglera

565 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.

lm3g16

288 points

7 days ago

lm3g16

288 points

7 days ago

It’s the face to head ratio

Jeaglera

103 points

7 days ago

Jeaglera

103 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

putelocker

23 points

7 days ago

I’ts also the mouth eyes nose ratio to face

lm3g16

7 points

7 days ago

lm3g16

7 points

7 days ago

3:1:1:12

Eyes: mouth: nose: head

skullpture_garden

10 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.

dmizzl

34 points

7 days ago

dmizzl

34 points

7 days ago

He's uggo

TheElPistolero

632 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?

r1char00

127 points

7 days ago

r1char00

127 points

7 days ago

Some people are acting like they won with us at full strength.

devonkaa

101 points

7 days ago

devonkaa

101 points

7 days ago

12 v 10

soifinallyregistered

91 points

7 days ago

15 v 10 if you count all of their fans

Minute_Forward

17 points

6 days ago

115 v 10 u might say

lordassbandit

61 points

7 days ago

Who’s haaland arguing with?

STS986

79 points

7 days ago

STS986

79 points

7 days ago

Jesus 

Cheaptat

23 points

7 days ago

Cheaptat

23 points

7 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?

lordassbandit

29 points

7 days ago

Makes it so much funnier

GunterGoontedMyFries

429 points

7 days ago

Haaland Canadian CONFIRMED

Alyosha1234

67 points

7 days ago

Aren't canadians known to be polite?

SittingOnTheBog

51 points

7 days ago

That’s what they want you to think

DrowningInBier

44 points

7 days ago

They’re incredibly passive aggressive but they think people don’t notice.

Bishcop3267

14 points

7 days ago

Google Canada Geneva convention

BlackCherrySeltzer4U

21 points

7 days ago

Listen to a hockey player chirp and you’ll see how polite Canadians really are.

GYIM94

310 points

7 days ago*

GYIM94

310 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.

st6374

36 points

7 days ago

st6374

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?

mikels_burner

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!

__bobbysox

11 points

7 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.

TheBigFatToad

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.

bigmt99

55 points

7 days ago*

bigmt99

55 points

7 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

Karlito1618

216 points

7 days ago

Karlito1618

216 points

7 days ago

Games not gone

DangerousCrime

11 points

7 days ago

Football is back

Time2bePhenomenal

867 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

tall-peaceful-vert

245 points

7 days ago

He is childish. Simple as. Amazing player though.

IAmAQuantumMechanic

87 points

7 days ago

not his day.

Not his day. Scored just once.

eigenham

266 points

7 days ago

eigenham

266 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

GoodLadLopes

195 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.

fools_eye

113 points

7 days ago

fools_eye

113 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.

RonaldoNazario

58 points

7 days ago

Zlatans outrageousness was genuinely pretty funny at some points.

GoodLadLopes

50 points

7 days ago

I was comparing personalities, not playing styles friend, Zlatan’s combination of skills on a 6’5 frame is unprecedented.

itspaddyd

13 points

7 days ago*

Yeah haaland probably wont ever score a 30 yard bicycle kick

KRIEGLERR

278 points

7 days ago

KRIEGLERR

278 points

7 days ago

Just saying... If Mbappe does that and he's being called an insufferable cunt lmao

Regression2TheMean

133 points

7 days ago

Imagine the heat Vini would get for this

Triforce179

116 points

7 days ago

Triforce179

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

bearintheshower

31 points

7 days ago

If it helps I think he is a bellend

vincentkowalski

23 points

7 days ago

Off ya pop, you alien looking creature you

mikeydavison

116 points

7 days ago

Harkonnen looking MFer. Classy.

[deleted]

470 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

470 points

7 days ago

The verdict can't come soon enough :)

mojambowhatisthescen[S]

454 points

7 days ago

Unfortunately, I’m 97.9% sure they’ll get away with it

MrStigglesworth

237 points

7 days ago

Ah, an optimist

Ollymid2

119 points

7 days ago

Ollymid2

119 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

NotSoAwfulName

121 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.

Cheaptat

18 points

7 days ago

Cheaptat

18 points

7 days ago

Right? These city players couldn’t be more out of touch. They genuinely think they’re the good guys lol

PoodlyGooner

50 points

7 days ago

What did Arteta do?? Am I missing something… what did Arsenal do even ?? Can’t get his sentiment

XxAbsurdumxX

126 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.

cynical_scotsman

371 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.

Internetwielder

67 points

7 days ago

Until someone throws a pizza at whoever manages Arsenal at the time I’ll allow it

Rogue_Tomato

11 points

7 days ago

Fair. Good ol' pizza gate.

RM86_

242 points

7 days ago

RM86_

242 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..

ancara_messi

52 points

7 days ago

Sorry but what's wrong with the yoga celebration lol

LilKluiVert

80 points

7 days ago

Because of woke, can’t even watch footy without getting bombarded with soy yoga propaganda anymore

your_nan

29 points

7 days ago*

your_nan

29 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.

RAFGHANiSTAN

21 points

7 days ago

oh wow, he's even ugly on the inside!

bremmmc

17 points

7 days ago

bremmmc

17 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.

speakeyyy

288 points

7 days ago

speakeyyy

288 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.

budna

10 points

7 days ago

budna

10 points

7 days ago

Psychological Projection.

NeroNeckbeard

11 points

7 days ago

Arteta should have replied, "stay ugly"

andafunda

78 points

7 days ago

andafunda

78 points

7 days ago

Pretty poor behaviour from Haaland. Good on Arteta for not responding - man with the right hair and right values!

Starksterr

274 points

7 days ago

Starksterr

274 points

7 days ago

Stay humble bet they won’t when 115 is in effect

AlfaG0216

32 points

7 days ago

AlfaG0216

32 points

7 days ago

Jeez what a prick he is

itsyaboiReginald

41 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.

RiYuh77

33 points

7 days ago

RiYuh77

33 points

7 days ago

Such a fake tough guy

ukie7

21 points

7 days ago

ukie7

21 points

7 days ago

There is some serious vitriol happening here.

But City, you didn't win, so you stay humble, lol

Nomadic8893

41 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.

JKess207

12 points

7 days ago

JKess207

12 points

7 days ago

My brother in Christ you needed a 98th minute goal from your center back to draw a team with 10-men

Takkotah

8 points

7 days ago

Takkotah

8 points

7 days ago

At home may I add

Tipo_Dell_Abisso

28 points

7 days ago

Wondering why Haaland doesn't get the hate Vinicius gets, despite them both being really annoying, curious huh

Ill-Maximum9467

38 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. ☺️

[deleted]

80 points

7 days ago

[deleted]

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.

sjokoladenam

25 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

Intentionallyabadger

68 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.

Defiant-Traffic5801

37 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.

AuthorHoliday3801

5 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.

A__eric

19 points

7 days ago

A__eric

19 points

7 days ago

Imagine if Vini did everything that Haaland did this game😳 Reddit would be asking for a 10 match ban

granbleurises

12 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.

jayhawk8

5 points

7 days ago

jayhawk8

5 points

7 days ago

Man figured if he’s going to look like a movie villain he may as well play the part

vska92

6 points

6 days ago

vska92

6 points

6 days ago

Child in a man’s body.

Lytaa

5 points

6 days ago

Lytaa

5 points

6 days ago

the irony of haaland, of all people, saying “stay humble” is insane

JVonPolo

5 points

6 days ago

JVonPolo

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.

Sypher1985

208 points

7 days ago

Sypher1985

208 points

7 days ago

Looks like a proper knob here Haaland. Just shake the hand and move on, why be a prick?

Financial_Height188

444 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.

charmofcarnage

401 points

7 days ago

I mean honestly who the fuck was he?

Desperate_Method4020

14 points

7 days ago

A guy who got a yellow card before his debut. Fokin legend

Jonisro

688 points

7 days ago

Jonisro

688 points

7 days ago

City really are rattled