ERLING HAALAND rubbed salt into the wounds of Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes by throwing the ball at his HEAD seconds after John Stones’ equaliser.
Stones rescued a crucial point for defending champions Manchester City in the 98th minute of their Etihad clash.
The England defender made it 2-2 in the dying embers of the game by bundling home the ball after it kindly deflected to him in the box.
Ten men Arsenal – who defending valiantly – cut crestfallen figures after being denied what would have been a historic victory at Eastlands.
And Haaland trolled a dejected Gabriel by bouncing the ball off the back of his head as he raced away to celebrate with his team-mates.
His cheeky act didn’t go unnoticed by footie fans, with one writing: “Haaland throwing the ball at Gabriel’s head after the goal hahahahaha.”
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Another said: “Haaland is an a**hole. Why [did] he throw the ball off that man’s head?”
And another said with a series of laughing emojis: “Haaland throwing the ball at Gabriel’s head.”
One remarked: “So Haaland is allowed to throw the ball directly into the back of Gabriel’s head while his back is turned without any sort of consequence?”
And chimed in: “Haaland throwing the ball at the back of Gabriel’s head to celebrate the goal.
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“This is apparently ok by the refs and VAR.”
Haaland lit the blue touch paper in what was a pulsating clash of title challengers in the ninth minute.
But Gunners newboy Riccardo Calafiori drew the visitors level with a sensational finish from outside the box in the 22nd minute.
Gabriel headed the visitors into the lead in first-half stoppage time, in which Leandro Trossard saw red for receiving a second booking for time wasting.
The North Londoners defended admirably but were ultimately unable to stop the relentless Citizens from breaching their goal for a second time.
The draw has left City and the Gunners in first and fourth place in the Prem table with 13 and 11 points to their names respectively.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
