Erling Haaland responds to Man Utd fans after abuse aimed at his father
Erling Haaland admits he doesn't know why Manchester United fans were signing "Keano" to him before he slotted away a penalty at Old Trafford.
Manchester City ran away comfortable 3-0 winners in the Manchester derby on Sunday as Haaland struck a brace, while Phil Foden added gloss on the scoreline for Pep Guardiola's side. It was a victory that moved City up to third, level on points with Arsenal and two points behind leaders Tottenham.
Haaland opened the scoring from 12 yards, handed the chance to give City the lead from the penalty spot after Rodri was hauled down by Rasmus Hojlund. But before the 23-year-old coolly sent Andre Onana the wrong way, he was subject to pointed "Keano" chants from the United supporters. And Haaland didn't understand why the United fans sang that to him.
"A lot of people were singing Keano to me, I don't know why, but it is what it is," Haaland told Sky Sports after the match. "I had the pressure and I scored, so that was a fantastic feeling."
Haaland's father, Alf-Inge was infamously involved in an altercation with Keane during a Manchester derby in 2001. Alf-Inge had clipped the ball away, only for Keane to come steaming in and catch the former City midfielder on the leg. Alf-Inge's knee was never the same and he was forced to retire aged 30. Keane had blamed Haaland for an incident years earlier, during the Norwegian's time at Leeds, which left the Irishman with a serious knee injury.
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Keane was handed a three-match suspension and a £5,000 fine at the time. But the incident was brought up once again a year later, when Keane released an autobiography. The ex-Manchester United star said: "I'd waited long enough. "I f*****g hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you c***."
After that, Keane was slapped with a further five-match ban and a £150,000 fine.
Roy Keane and Alf-Inge Haaland were involved in some tasty battles (Daily Mirror)There has been no love lost between the pair since, though Keane did try and clear things up in another autobiography in 2014. He said: "[He] pissed me off, shooting his mouth off. He was an absolute p**** to play against. Niggling, sneaky.
"I did want to nail him and let him know what was happening. I wanted to hurt him and stand over him and go: ‘Take that, you c***.’ I don’t regret that. But I had no wish to injure him. It was action; it was football. It was dog eats dog."
Haaland headed home his second of the match just moments into the second-half, before setting up Foden for their third. Speaking on his side's performance, Bernardo Silva added: " Yeah, it was a good game for us. Apart from a few simple balls that we lost, we didn’t give them much to counter.
"The way we controlled the game, especially in the first 30 minutes in the second half I thought we were very good. What we lacked against Arsenal, I thought we were fabulous and I am so happy because it’s not easy to play at Old Trafford."
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