“I don’t care about this man!” Erling Haaland brutally hits back at Roy Keane after FOUR-GOAL outing against Wolves – after TV pundit once compared him to League Two striker

Erling Haaland hit Roy Keane after scoring four goals to tighten Manchester City’s grip on the Premier League title race.

Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over Bournemouth had piled the pressure on City before Guardiola’s side beat Wolves 5-1, remaining a point from the score with a game in hand.

Haaland – whose performances have drawn criticism this season – took his championship tally to 25 in the race for the golden boot.

Keane’s incendiary comments, when he described the Norwegian’s overall play as that of a League Two striker, angered Haaland’s family.

“I don’t really care about this man, so it’s okay,” Haaland said. “I don’t care, we just need to win our games and now relax tonight and focus on Fulham.”

Erling Haaland hit back at Roy Keane after scoring four goals against Wolves on Sunday

Keane described the Norwegian’s overall game as that of a League Two striker.

After the draw against Arsenal, Keane said: “The level of his general game is so bad, and not just today, I think his general lay-offs, headers or anything in terms of the front of the line goal are the best. the world.

“But for his overall game for such a player he is so bad, not just today I think he needs to improve, he is almost like a Ligue 2 player.”

“That’s how I see it, his overall game needs to improve and he will over the next few years. There have been some brilliant and fantastic strikers. But he needs to improve his overall game.

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 looked a lot like a Championship player, he’s improved a lot. In terms of goalscoring he’s absolutely incredible, his finishing quality is no doubt.

“When he comes on he’ll want to have an impact on the game and when it’s tense like that, he’s got people like (Kevin) De Bruyne, he’ll find you and then it’s just that bit of sharpness which he demonstrated.”

Guardiola said Haaland was back to his best and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was watching the demolition of the Etihad at home with his family.

“Erling is back in business,” Guardiola said. “The penalties are a guarantee (for him) but the second and fourth were incredible.

“The 20 minutes he (Haaland) played against Nottingham Forest was really good and today too.

“Winning the title on goal difference is not possible, so we can’t draw. The way Arsenal have played has been so good and consistent.

“It’s been three games, I hope we win the first and second and get to the third with our destiny in our hands.

“Nine points, we will be champions. If it’s seven, six or three points, Arsenal will win the Premier League.

Guardiola also revealed why Haaland showed frustration when he was substituted late, adding: “He was frustrated with the referee. With long balls, sometimes they push him and he gets pulled.

Guardiola says Haaland is back to his best after returning from injury last week

The Norwegian is set to win the Premier League Golden Boot for a second consecutive season.

“He fell and sometimes it wasn’t a fault. This happens a lot every game. He was just a little frustrated by these actions but I can vouch for how happy he was today.

Despite failing to reach the season highs of 52 goals he recorded last campaign, Haaland still had a successful year, scoring 36 goals in 41 games in all competitions.

The 23-year-old looks set to win the Premier League Golden Boot for a second successive season after scoring 25 goals with three matches remaining in the domestic campaign.

Meanwhile, Wolves boss Gary O’Neil described the decision to award City’s first penalty, a clash between Josko Gvardiol and Rayan Ait-Nouri, as “terrible”, but admitted: “The story is that Manchester City were excellent The officials cost us nothing.