Arsenal legend sends savage message to Erling Haaland’s dad after Myles Lewis-Skelly criticism
Erling Haaland ruffled Arsenal’s feathers with his ‘stay humble’ message aimed at Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty) Arsenal legend Alan Smith has urged Erling Haaland’s dad to ‘get back in his box’ following his scathing criticism of Myles Lewis Skelly’s controversial goal celebration. The fallout from last Sunday’s box office Premier League clash shows no sign of abating, with the rivalry between the two clubs reaching toxic levels. Teenager Lewis-Skelly has been heavily criticised for goading Haaland by mimicking his trademark celebration after he scored his first goal for the club to put his side 3-1 ahead, Haaland ruffled Arsenal’s feathers earlier this season when he threw the ball at Gabriel’s head following John Stones’ 97th minute equaliser after which the City goal machine called Gabriel Jesus a clown and urged Mikel Arteta to ‘stay humble’. Arsenal gained a measure of revenge last week but Haaland Snr took offence to the sight of his son being mocked and took the opportunity to remind Arsenal of their lack of silverware. Smith, who won two Golden Boots during two title winning campaigns under George Graham, hit back, reminding Alf-Inge that his time in England was hardly trophy-laden and insisted he saw nothing wrong with Lewis-Skelly’s antics. ‘Haaland’s dad had a little chip, didn’t he?’ said Smith. ‘Saying, ‘oh, yeah, all those trophies you’ve won,’ or something like that. I thought, ‘oh, leave it’. It’s just funny! Myles Lewis-Skelly has faced criticism for mimicking Erling Haaland during Arsenal’s win against Man City (Getty) ‘By the way, Alf-Inge, you didn’t win much! Back in your box. You can’t live your life through your son, you know. It was a great moment, wasn’t it? Those kinds of things are great.’ Earlier this week, the Premier League outlined its intention to monitor future goal celebrations and suggested disciplinary action could be taken if any players took things too far. The Premier League’s chief football officer, Tony Scholes, told Sky Sports on Wednesday: ‘There’s a balance. ‘I think we all like to see celebrations. Some of the celebrations have been very funny, entertaining, but there’s a line. ‘Once it crosses over into mockery or criticism then we would need to deal with it.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page With Arsenal out of the FA Cup the only way the two teams can meet again this season would be in Europe and that would require City to knock Real Madrid out of the Champions League. Asked if he would encourage his players to retaliate in kind when they next meet the Gunners, Pep Guardiola sad on Friday: ‘No, come on, it’s a reaction, forget! “It has happened. Later in our games maybe we’ll find them in the Champions League this season. Otherwise, it’s over the chance we can face, and next season we’ll try to beat them. “This season we could not do it at home and away. That’s all, it’s really, really not important.”
Arsenal legend Alan Smith has urged Erling Haaland’s dad to ‘get back in his box’ following his scathing criticism of Myles Lewis Skelly’s controversial goal celebration.
The fallout from last Sunday’s box office Premier League clash shows no sign of abating, with the rivalry between the two clubs reaching toxic levels.
Teenager Lewis-Skelly has been heavily criticised for goading Haaland by mimicking his trademark celebration after he scored his first goal for the club to put his side 3-1 ahead,
Haaland ruffled Arsenal’s feathers earlier this season when he threw the ball at Gabriel’s head following John Stones’ 97th minute equaliser after which the City goal machine called Gabriel Jesus a clown and urged Mikel Arteta to ‘stay humble’.
Arsenal gained a measure of revenge last week but Haaland Snr took offence to the sight of his son being mocked and took the opportunity to remind Arsenal of their lack of silverware.
Smith, who won two Golden Boots during two title winning campaigns under George Graham, hit back, reminding Alf-Inge that his time in England was hardly trophy-laden and insisted he saw nothing wrong with Lewis-Skelly’s antics.
‘Haaland’s dad had a little chip, didn’t he?’ said Smith. ‘Saying, ‘oh, yeah, all those trophies you’ve won,’ or something like that. I thought, ‘oh, leave it’. It’s just funny!
‘By the way, Alf-Inge, you didn’t win much! Back in your box. You can’t live your life through your son, you know. It was a great moment, wasn’t it? Those kinds of things are great.’
Earlier this week, the Premier League outlined its intention to monitor future goal celebrations and suggested disciplinary action could be taken if any players took things too far.
The Premier League’s chief football officer, Tony Scholes, told Sky Sports on Wednesday: ‘There’s a balance.
‘I think we all like to see celebrations. Some of the celebrations have been very funny, entertaining, but there’s a line.
‘Once it crosses over into mockery or criticism then we would need to deal with it.’
With Arsenal out of the FA Cup the only way the two teams can meet again this season would be in Europe and that would require City to knock Real Madrid out of the Champions League.
Asked if he would encourage his players to retaliate in kind when they next meet the Gunners, Pep Guardiola sad on Friday: ‘No, come on, it’s a reaction, forget!
“It has happened. Later in our games maybe we’ll find them in the Champions League this season. Otherwise, it’s over the chance we can face, and next season we’ll try to beat them.
“This season we could not do it at home and away. That’s all, it’s really, really not important.”
