Rio Ferdinand took a brutal excavation in Erling Haaland after the 1-0 defeat of Man City by Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon.
The result was the ninth of the champions in the loss column, because they now follow four points with four points. A victory on the city would have entered Pep Guardiola's side in the table and go to third place.
The affair seemed to end in a aimless stalemate, until Callum Hudson-Odoi found the back of the net in the 83rd minute.
The goal hero of Forest was accompanied by Ola Aina in an interview after the game where they were asked about their excitement about their ambitions of Champions League.
Hudson-Odoi trivialized the subject and insisted that Forest should stay humble, a remark that Ferdinand quickly bounced to make a joke about Haaland.
“I think we just have to stay humble. Whatever it is, we know that the position we are in, but there are still many games to go until the end of the season, “said Hudson-Odoi after having set his fifth goal of the season.
“The point is to stay modest, to control ourselves and get as many points as possible on the board.”
Ferdinand quickly asked: “” Stay modest, “someone didn't say that earlier in the season?”
Both Hudson-Odoi and Aina could not stop their smile, while Lynsey Hipgrave and Joleon Lescott were also amused by the Jibe.
Ferdinand referred to the antics of Haaland after City and Arsenal's poorly tamped 2-2 draw at the Emirates Stadium in September.
Gabriel and Haaland both scored in that game before bumping late after following a last-minute equalizer of John Stones. Haaland threw the ball to Gabriel's head shortly after Stones saved a point for City in Matchweek Five.
The Norwegian frontman of City then told Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta famous to remain 'modest' because both sets of players and Staff were angry after the last whistle.
Since then, rivals have jumped when Haaland of City have experienced accident this season, and the comment 'Stay Humble' has become somewhat joke in the football world.
After the 5-1 victory of Arsenal at the city at the beginning of February, the club even tried to troll on full-time, using their stadium sound system to play rapper Kendrick Lamar's 2017 track 'Humble'.
Haaland Pluised the chance to score against Bos in the eighth minute, when Chris Wood met the ball and stumbled a chance at the city no. 9.
With 10 more games left from the Premier League campaign of 2024-25, the 24-year-old seems unlikely that it makes three Golden Boot Awards in the same number of seasons in the English top flight.
He follows Mohamed Salah in the top scorer race and is confronted with an inexorable competition for second place; The Egyptian king is on 25 goals this season compared to the 20 van Haaland.
In the meantime, Wood and Alexander Isak breathe through the neck of Haaland and have scored 18 and 19 goals respectively.
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