Manchester City star Erling Haaland has taken to social media to laud Premier League rival Dominik Szoboszlai following his goalscoring exploits in the latest title race twist.
The Hungarian was on target during Wednesday’s win over Newcastle United as Liverpool extended their lead over Arsenal to 13 points at the top of the league. Alexis Mac Allister rounded off the scoring with the all-important second goal against the Magpies but it was the Man City forward who made the headlines after his response to Szoboszlai.
The 24-year-old midfielder scored his second in as many games after scoring against Haaland’s side last weekend. After celebrating his fifth Premier League goal of the campaign, he took to social media to celebrate his latest effort with a skull emoji and wand.
Among those commenting was Haaland, who put their North West rivalry aside to celebrate the midfielder’s achievement with Arsenal falling further behind in the title race after their goalless draw with Nottingham Forest. Both Haaland and Szoboszlai played together at RB Salzburg during their spell in the Austrian Bundesliga.
The City forward commented, “Yeaah,” just weeks after the latest spat with Arsenal. The Gunners had the last laugh against Pep Guardiola’s side after romping to a 5-1 win at the Emirates Stadium this month.
Haaland was the butt of the jokes as Myles Lewis-Skelly copied his meditation celebration before the Arsenal PA played Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’ in reference to the Norwegian’s comments following a dramatic draw in the reverse fixture at the Etihad.
The former Borussia Dortmund talisman responded by tapping to his champions badge and, more recently, liked a picture on social media of West Ham United fans doing the meditation celebration after beating Arsenal last weekend.
Haaland himself was back among the goals in City’s 1-0 win over Spurs, moving to within seven points of Mikel Arteta’s side and back into the top-four.
