Erling Haaland Brutally Trolled by His Dad After Scoring Manchester City Winner Against Fulham

Erling Haaland Brutally Trolled by His Dad After Scoring Manchester City Winner Against Fulham

Edwin Kiplagat
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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  • Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was trolled by his dad Alfie Haaland after scoring a stoppage-time winner versus Fulham
  • With his goal versus Fulham, Haaland took his Premi9wer League tally to 18 in 12 league matches
  • Alfie Haaland scored 18 goals in 181 Premier League matches for Man City, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest

Erling Haaland scored the game-winning penalty for Manchester City against Fulham to stretch his Premier League tally to 18.

The goal also meant he matched his dad Alfie Haaland's Premier League tally in just 12 matches. Haaland senior took seven years to score 18 league goals.

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Erling Haaland has scored 18 Premier League goals this season. Photo by Catherine Ivill.
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The 22-year-old striker had missed the past few games through injury but wasn't fit enough to start, with Julian Alvarez starting and opening the scoring with a stunning goal.

However, City's problems were compounded by Joao Cancelo's red card and a Fulham penalty which was scored by Andreas Pereira, according to the BBC.

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Haaland was subbed on just after the hour mark, and though he had scored in the 75th minute, his goal was ruled out for offside.

Haaland trolled by his dad

Man City were awarded a controversial stoppage-time penalty after Kevin De Bruyne was fouled by Antonee Robinson.

Although Haaland admitted that he was nervous before taking the penalty, he kept his calm and dispatched the penalty giving City an important goal.

His father couldn't resist jokingly trolling his son, who matched his premier league tally in a Tweet, according to MEN.

ESPN posted a photo of Alfie and Erling Man City uniform, and Alfie replied with a quote saying, "About time" with a winking face and heart emoji.

Alfie played 181 games at Manchester City, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest.

Haaland new hairstyle

Sports Brief earlier reported on Erling Haaland adopting a new hairstyle as he recovered from injury.

The striker was spotted out with his teammates during a Halloween event, and Man City posted some photos of the striker with the new hairstyle on social media, and hawk-eyed fans were quick to notice

While some of them were rightfully surprised, others loved it at first sight and begged the youngster to retain the style.

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Edwin Kiplagat has five years of experience in journalism working as a Sports Editor at Africa Insight Communications and ESPN. Edwin Kiplagat is a Bachelor's Degree holder in journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya.