Roy Keane's latest attack shows Erling Haaland is doing something right at Man City

Rule number one of football punditry: find a weakness, any weakness in Erling Haaland.

First it was his lack of touches for Manchester City, then it was his body language when he wasn't scoring, or his lack of goals in big games, and now he's apparently a League Two player in terms of his general play. This weekend, the author of that lazy League Two jibe, Roy Keane, called Haaland a spoiled brat.

Maybe it had something to do with Haaland insisting he 'didn't care' what 'that man' had to say. Or maybe Keane's personal history with the Haaland family. Surely not.

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Alfie Haaland replied to a post on X about Keane's comment with a simple laughing emoji. It seems that the family are not too concerned with Keane's odd obsession with firing shots at a striker with 36 goals to his name this season and 88 in total for City.

Keane had previously called Haaland a 'League Two striker' for his supposed lack of all-round play, yet his employers were trumpeting a touch map of Haaland's to show how effective he was against Wolves on Saturday (how the tables have turned), and Match of the Day dedicated a segment to his link-up with teammates before focusing on his four goals.

"The way he played was fantastic – especially in the second half," noted teammate Nathan Ake. "He held the ball up so well and made it difficult for the defenders. It helps us to get up the pitch too."

Keane's specific complaint on Sunday, completely unconnected with Haaland's shutdown of him the day before, was that Haaland and Pep Guardiola looked to have an argument when the striker was substituted against