Erling Haaland responds in six words when asked if he regrets having thrown the ball at Gabriel's head
Erling Haaland was short and sweet with his response when asked if he regrets throwing a ball at the head of Arsenal defender Gabriel.
He city of manchester The forward was back and forth with the Brazilian during his team's 2-2 draw with the gunners at the Etihad Stadium last month.
It was Gabriel who put Mikel Arteta's team ahead, after Haaland opened the scoring at the start of the ninth minute and Arsenal's new summer signing Ricardo Calafiori equalized.
Juan Piedras would rescue City in the eighth minute of extra time, which caused Norway The striker bounced the ball off Gabriel's head in a match that saw multiple heated exchanges.
Even the Manchester City manager pep guardiola exchanged words with his former prodigy Arteta, after the latter claimed he had “all the information” about City, who used to employ the Spaniard.
With Martin Odegaard Missing due to injury, 24-year-old Haaland becomes Norway captain against Slovenia and Austria this week.
Haaland was asked if he regrets his behavior against Arsenal, now that he will captain his country.
“I don't have many regrets in life,” he said.
“It was in the heat of the moment and a lot of things happened in that game,” Haaland. aggregatereferring to the incident with Gabriel.
“The things that happen on the football field stay there and that's how it is.”
Arsenal's trip to Manchester was action-packed from start to finish.
Guardiola's midfield maestro Rodri He was forced to leave prematurely due to an ACL injury, which has kept him out for the rest of the season, and Belgium forward Leandro Trossard He received two yellow cards just before half-time.
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The result left both teams tied in the race for the Premier League title on 17 points.
Both teams won five of their first seven Premier League games and drew the other two.
Manchester City also dropped points on their visit to Newcastle the following week, while Arsenal had already failed to win their home match against Brighton in August, a match in which Declan Rice be expelled.
Liverpool They sit at the top of the Premier League table having won six of their first seven games.
new boss Arne Slot He has had the best start of any manager in the club's history, winning all of his competitive matches apart from the 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest last month.
Man City travels to Wolverhampton Wanderers in their first match after the international break, while Arsenal are going to Bournemouth and the host of Liverpool Chelsea.
