Roy Keane has slammed Erling Haaland for his reaction to his substitution against Wolves at the weekend.
Erling Haaland bagged four goals, including a first-half hat-trick, before being taken off in the second half.
He looked furious sitting on the bench, with Pep Guardiola keen to rest him as Man City closes in on the Premier League title.
As a result, Keane has reignited a war of words between himself and Haaland as he said: ‘ I think we saw Haland yesterday brought off not too happy, behaving like a spoiled brat”.
‘I think when you have the spat as well with the manager and obviously your Star Man, it doesn’t help that results aren’t going your way. But because they win the game, he scores goals it’s almost forgotten about.’
When asked if it was okay for Haaland to be annoyed at the decision to be taken off, Keane continued: No, no, it’s not.’
Keane’s previously described the Norwegian’s general play as that of a League Two striker, which led to Haaland responding following their win over Wolves.
‘The levels of his general play are so poor, and not just today, I think his general laying stuff off, headers, or whatever it might be in terms of front of goal is best in the world,’ he said on Sky Sports’ post-match coverage,’ Keane previously said.
‘But for his general play for such a player, it is so poor, not just today, I think he has to improve that he’s almost like a League Two player.’
Keane then revisited his comments after Haaland scored on his return from injury against Nottingham Forest last week.
The former Manchester United midfielder joked: ‘He was very much like a Championship player, he has improved a lot. In terms of goal scoring, he is amazing, there’s no doubting his quality in terms of his finishing.
Haaland’s response was short and to the point as he admitted: ‘I don’t really care that much about that man, so that’s all right.’
His latest comments have now reignited the war of words between the pair.