Haaland

Man Utd fans mocked City striker Erling Haaland and his father during the derby clash at Old Trafford and chanted for Roy Keane.

Keane was shown a straight red card but chose to bend over the stricken Man City defender and delivered a few choice words on his way off the pitch. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Haaland senior was on the receiving end of a horrendous foul by Keane when the two sides met all the way back in April 2001. sang home fans in the first half, quickly following up the chant with chants of "Keano, Keano."

Luke Shaw started at centre-back with Raphael Varane in the Manchester derby and they dealt with Erling Haaland well.

They pushed us on, we got the second goal and it was an amazing atmosphere." Shaw was then asked specifically about stopping Haaland and he lauded the effort of the team to keep him quiet. "Extremely proud of the team and everyone out on the field today, they gave everything.

Erling Haaland is yet to score in 2023 and uncharacteristically struggled to make an impact in Manchester City's derby defeat by Manchester United at Old ...

[knocked out of the EFL Cup by Southampton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/mancity-southampton-match-report-cup-28932337) in midweek and their defeat at United condemned them to back-to-back losses for the first time this season. Guardiola was also aggrieved that the Red Devils' equaliser was allowed to stand, given [Marcus Rashford was offside in the build-up to Bruno Fernandes' strike](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fernandes-rashford-goal-man-utd-28953938). [fell to a painful 2-1 defeat](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/man-utd-city-derby-highlights-28953306) at [Manchester United](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-united-fc) on Saturday afternoon in what was another blow to their [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) title ambitions. "They are incredible in transitions. They punished us in transitions. Speaking on BT Sport at half-time, Scholes said: " I mentioned before how important it was before the game, stopping that supply to Haaland, and I think they've [also] done really well against [Kevin] De Bruyne." We won a lot. The Norwegian lit up European football in the first half of the season, plundering 27 goals in all competitions, yet Hamann fears he is hampering City. We make a fantastic game. We missed a little bit of threat up front, a bit disconnected. [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc) in the league and [Southampton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/southampton-fc) in the [EFL Cup](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/efl-cup). [Jack Grealish](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jack-grealish) came off the bench to open the scoring at Old Trafford only for [Bruno Fernandes](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bruno-fernandes) to equalise [under controversial circumstances](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/fernandes-rashford-goal-man-utd-28953938) and [Marcus Rashford](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/marcus-rashford) to net the winner for the hosts.

Pundits and fans alike rushed to social media to point out the often-formidable striker was far from his best in a no-show display against his side's ...

The Norwegian failed to have a single shot on target as his side fell to a defeat from a winning position against their bitter foes, with the normally prolific No 9 having a poor game for his side. [Bruno Fernandes' equaliser was shrouded in controversy after a VAR decision](/sport/football/article-11635185/Man-United-awarded-equaliser-VAR-offside-Marcus-Rashford-deemed-NOT-interfered.html) [Relive all the action from the Manchester derby as United secure famous win](/sport/live/article-11628135/Manchester-United-vs-Man-City-Premier-League-2022-23-Live-Result.html) - His side fell to a 2-1 defeat in the derby having lead 1-0 with 12 minutes to play

Erling Haaland was unable to find the scoresheet as Manchester City fell to defeat against Man Utd.

"It’s not easy to create chances, United here the last few games concede one goal in the Premier League. It's not easy to defend 30 or 40 metres in front with their two guys." "We behave good, we behave like the six years we had together. [has already broken a slew of records](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/erling-haaland) with his extraordinary performances, becoming the first player to score 20 Premier League goals before the turn of the year - even with a break for the World Cup. Guardiola admitted after defeat at Old Trafford that the service he has may have to improve if he is to start scoring more goals again. "We tried to drop him knowing [Luke] Shaw and [Raphael] Varane would follow him.

Liverpool legend, Dietmar Hamann, has hit out at Manchester City striker Erling Haaland after he was unable to save his team during their Premier League.

Hamann tweeted: “Man City was a better team without Haaland, even if he scores 40 goals this season.” However, Hamann, in a tweet via his Twitter handle, said Man City are better without Haaland even if the striker scores 40 goals this season for Pep Guardiola’s side. Liverpool legend, Dietmar Hamann, has hit out at Manchester City striker Erling Haaland after he was unable to save his team during their Premier League derby defeat to Manchester United on Saturday afternoon.

Dietmar Hamann has sensationally claimed former side Man City were a 'better team' WITHOUT Erling Haaland as the striker's dry spell continued.H.

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Man Utd fans mocked City striker Erling Haaland and his father during the derby clash at Old Trafford and chanted for Roy Keane.

Keane was shown a straight red card but chose to bend over the stricken Man City defender and delivered a few choice words on his way off the pitch. THE BIGGER PICTURE: Haaland senior was on the receiving end of a horrendous foul by Keane when the two sides met all the way back in April 2001. sang home fans in the first half, quickly following up the chant with chants of "Keano, Keano."