Erling Haaland’s father has hit back at Arsenal’s dig at the Man City striker in a post on social media on Sunday evening.
Haaland and his City teammates were on the receiving end of a 5-1 defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates – where Myles Lewis-Skelly copied Haaland’s celebration after scoring.
It was an act that many suggested appeared to mock the Norwegian after he previously taunted the Arsenal teenager in their clash earlier in the season.
Shortly after the full-time whistle, Arsenal’s account on X posted a picture of Lewis-Skelly’s celebration with the caption: ‘This Team’.
Haaland’s father Alfie – who made 38 appearances for City between 2000-03 – replied to the post and said: ‘This Team that wins everything. Ehhhhh, not’.
Haaland Snr was seemingly mocking the lack of silverware that Arsenal have won in recent years, having fallen short in their title races against Man City.
Erling Haaland’s father hit back at Arsenal’s social media post seemingly mocking the striker
Myles Lewis-Skelly appeared to mock Erling Haaland after scoring against City on Sunday
Haaland found the back of the net at the Emirates but could not prevent the heavy defeat
Lewis-Skelly, meanwhile, was given a standing ovation after being withdrawn by Arteta in the 90th minute on Sunday.
His goal, where he cut inside before firing a shot which Stefan Ortega could only parry in off the post, put Arsenal 3-1 up as they produced a superb performance in a 5-1 victory.
Martin Odegaard put the hosts ahead early on after capitalising on an error by Manuel Akanji, before Haaland briefly restored parity in the second half.
Arsenal were back in front just a minute later through Thomas Partey’s deflected effort, with Lewis-Skelly then giving the home side a two-goal cushion.
It was one-way traffic in the latter stages as further strikes by Kai Havertz and Ethan Nwaneri put the gloss on a sublime evening for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Lewis-Skelly and Haaland previously clashed at the Etihad earlier this year after the Gunners had drawn 2-2 with City in September.
After seeing Haaland and Gabriel face off, Lewis-Skelly attempted to intervene and back up his team-mate.
Arsenal defender Gabriel laughed in the face of Man City striker Erling Haaland on Sunday
Gabriel and Haaland met each other on Sunday for the first time since clashing in September
Haaland reacted to Lewis-Skelly’s arrival on the scene by dismissively gesturing for him to go away.
Elsewhere on the night, Arsenal defender Gabriel was spotted laughing in the face of Manchester City striker Haaland after his side took an early lead.
After seeing the ball hit the back of City’s net, Gabriel gleefully ran up the pitch to celebrate with his team-mates, pausing along the way to mock Haaland.
Haaland’s goal in the defeat at Arsenal takes his tally up to 19 in the Premier League campaign – two behinds leading goalscorer Mohammed Salah.
