Following Manchester City’s victory over Brighton on Saturday, Erling Haaland has now taken aim at the Norwegian news organization TV2.
The international player from Norway vented on Instagram.
In Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Brighton, the 23-year-old put a stop to a stretch of three Premier League games without a goal.
The Norwegian news source TV2 responded with a headline that was rife with irony.
“Haaland scoring amazes us,” it said. Strange to observe.
VG in Norway has covered the match, providing some background by noting that there might still be resentment against Haaland following his poor performance in the team’s most recent 1-0 loss to Spain, which eliminated Norway’s hopes of qualifying for UEFA EURO 2024.
The Manchester City No. 9 responded to TV2’s mocking comment on Instagram, writing: “Write about the fact that I finally ended the goal drought of all time.” Goofs.”
What a reaction.
After just three games without a goal, Haaland was the target of much too much criticism, and his enraged response to TV2 suggested that the goal drought was wearing thin on him.
Haaland made a sacrifice for Manchester City.
These days, Brighton is a very difficult team to play against, so it wouldn’t have surprised anyone if Haaland had trouble scoring against them as well.
But the Leeds-born striker came through to help Manchester City win three crucial points.
WhoScored reveals that the £51.5 million player completed 100% of his 11 passes and had two attempts on goal, scoring from one of them.
Haaland also won a free kick for the Citizens and made one tackle.
Haaland wasn’t really active in the game the entire time, but he made his plays count and showed everyone how lethal he is in front of the goal; hopefully, more is to come.