Erling Haaland trolled by dad Alfie with amusing dig after late Man City winner

Erling Haaland’s dad Alfie has jokingly trolled his son after the striker came off the bench to score a late winner for Manchester City against Fulham.

Haaland, who missed City’s trip to Leicester City, proved to be an integral part of the team when he came off the bench to get the winner from the penalty box for a side that was reduced to just 10 players after Cancelo was shown a straight red card in the match against Fulham.

The former Borussia Dortmund striker’s goal saw him break his dad Alfie’s goal scoring record as a player in the premier league in just 12 games in his first season in the league.

ESPN’s Twitter account posted a photoshopped picture of the duo of both of them playing for City with the caption ” Erling Haaland has as many Premier League goals as his dad after just 12 games”.

Alfie quote-tweeted that post and in reply wrote “About time” with a winking face and blue heart emoji.

About time😉💙 https://t.co/FbjTlc0upN

— Alfie Haaland (@alfiehaaland) November 5, 2022

Haaland admitted after the win that stepping up to take the penalty left him full of nerves. The Norwegian was able to score despite that feeling and made his delight at securing all three points for his side clear.

“I was nervous. It was one of the most nervous moments of my life, but fantastic. A penalty in the last minute, of course I would be nervous. But it was an amazing feeling. I don’t care how it went it, it is about it going in,” he said.

“I love it. I have been injured for a week and it is really important to win. For me it was about coming in with some energy and try and get a goal because these three points are really important.

“It was about trying to get it and that is what we did. To win this game 10 against 11, it’s amazing. I’m really proud of every single guy out there today that made it possible to get these three points.

“These points will be really important, so yeah, amazing. We have really good vibes, a good atmosphere. We enjoy together and we work hard together. I was one week out and finally I am back. It’s a good feeling.”

Haaland can pull ahead of his father in the Premier League’s scoring charts next Saturday. City will host Brentford at the Etihad Stadium with the striker potentially in line to start following his substitute appearance against Fulham.