The ongoing exchange between Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Arsenal’s young left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly continues to draw attention. The rivalry began when Lewis-Skelly made his Premier League debut in a fixture against City, where Haaland first made remarks that have since lingered.<\/p>\n
By the time City returned to Arsenal’s home ground four months later, Lewis-Skelly had become a key figure in Arsenal’s lineup. He scored in Arsenal’s 5\u20131 victory and celebrated by imitating Haaland’s signature ‘zen’ goal celebration, sharing the moment on social media with the caption \u201cKeep it humble.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haaland was later asked about this \u2018Stay humble\u2019 comment by Time magazine, to which he responded,<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s an important phrase, which a lot of people should use, including myself. It\u2019s one of the most important things, as individuals, to do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Despite the apparent jibe, Haaland remained unbothered by Lewis-Skelly’s mimicry. \u201cIf he wanted to use that moment to mock me, that\u2019s fair enough for him,\u201d he said. \u201cWhatever he wants to do, he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haaland also acknowledged Arsenal’s dominant win, noting, \u201cThey won the game 5-1. So yeah, they got me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rivalry has been maintained, with Lewis-Skelly hinting at it again in June upon signing a long-term contract with Arsenal. The young England international pledged to \u201ckeep staying humble,\u201d adding another chapter to this unlikely yet compelling back-and-forth between the established striker and the promising defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Haaland and Lewis-Skelly’s rivalry endures with mutual ‘stay humble’ remarks and Premier League clashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,238],"tags":[272,59,461],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-manchester-city","tag-erling-haaland","tag-featured","tag-myles-lewis-skelly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}