{"id":5686,"date":"2025-02-03T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T07:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:22:25","slug":"gary-neville-slams-arsenal-star-after-incredible-man-city-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/gary-neville-slams-arsenal-star-after-incredible-man-city-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville slams Arsenal star after incredible Man City win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Manchester United legend and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Neville<\/a> has criticised Arsenal<\/a> defender Gabriel for \u2018disrespecting\u2019 Erling Haaland<\/a> during the Gunners\u2019 incredible 5-1 victory over Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arsenal sent a strong message to Premier League title rivals Liverpool and inflicted a damaging defeat on Pep Guardiola at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.<\/a><\/p>\n

It took Arsenal just two minutes to take the lead, Manuel Akanj\u2019s error gifting Martin Odegaard the chance to slot past City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.<\/p>\n

In an electric start, the Gunners were celebrating a second soon after but the goal was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n

Manchester City equalised against the run of play shortly after half time through Erling Haaland, who clashed with several Arsenal players and manager Mikel Arteta in the corresponding fixture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Arsenal regained the lead just a minute later through Thomas Partey\u2019s deflected strike,  before the impressive Myles Lewis-Skelly added a third, emulating one of Haaland\u2019s iconic celebrations in the process.<\/p>\n

Kai Havertz scored a much-needed goal to pile the misery on Man City, who conceded again in injury-time – Ethan Nwaneri with the goal – to cap off a dismal showing for the reigning Premier League champions.<\/p>\n

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Gabriel and Erling Haaland during the Premier League clash (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gabriel celebrated in Haaland\u2019s face after Arsenal\u2019s early opener<\/a>, clearly responding to the Norwegian striker\u2019s antics back when these two teams last met in September.<\/p>\n

Haaland chucked the ball at Gabriel\u2019s head after John Stones scored an injury-time equaliser for Man City<\/a>, before clashing with members of the Arsenal squad after full-time and infamously telling Arteta to \u2018stay humble\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Arsenal squad could be forgiven for wanting to get one back at Haaland but Neville believes it was \u2018disrespectful\u2019 from Gabriel and says the incident made him feel \u2018uneasy\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Myles Lewis-Skelly copied Haaland’s celebration (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I want to mention Gabriel and what he did to Haaland,\u2019 the former Manchester United and England defender said on his Sky Sports podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018It happened to me actually at Highbury many, many years ago and we actually won 4-2 that day. A player screamed in my face.<\/p>\n

\u2018I actually don\u2019t like it, I think it\u2019s a bit disrespectful. I get that Haaland was the pantomime villain here today but there was something about it that I didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal battered Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I was many things on a football pitch to be fair and \u2018s*********y\u2019 was my game full stop. But I never did that. I never went and screamed in a players face.<\/p>\n

\u2018I just didn\u2019t like that, it made me feel a little bit uneasy, it was a little bit disrespectful.\u2019<\/p>\n

Asked about Lewis-Skelly copying Haaland’s celebration, Guardiola said in his post-match press conference: ‘That’s good. Yeah, that’s good.’<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola during Man City’s embarrassing defeat (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assessing a humbling afternoon for his side, the Manchester City boss added: ‘I only regret the last 25 minutes. We forgot to do what we should do, what we had done for 65 to 70 minutes.<\/p>\n

‘Of course, it’s a difficult game in this stadium, against that team, conceding in the first minutes – it has happened many times this season.<\/p>\n

‘But, after 10 to 15 minutes, I think we took the game and played really good. We are in it after 1-1 and we had good momentum.<\/p>\n

‘We pass to make the transition with Omar [Marmoush] and then comes a deflection and the third goal.<\/p>\n

‘But, after that, we then continued to do what you have to do defensively and we were a little bit more patient. When you’re playing that way, they can run and, of course, at 3-1 they are comfortable so it is more difficult.<\/p>\n

‘I regret the last 15 to 20 minutes, but the rest was a really good game for our side. It’s difficult to understand when you see the result, but this is my feeling.’<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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