{"id":49436,"date":"2026-04-19T23:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49436"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:04:30","slug":"i-dont-fall-easily-not-sure-why-it-was-a-yellow-erling-haaland-questions-referees-decision-after-heated-clash-with-gabriel-magalhaes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/i-dont-fall-easily-not-sure-why-it-was-a-yellow-erling-haaland-questions-referees-decision-after-heated-clash-with-gabriel-magalhaes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Don\u2019t Fall Easily\u2026 Not Sure Why It Was a Yellow\u201d: Erling Haaland questions referee\u2019s decision after heated clash with Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Erling Haaland has spoken out about his heated battle with Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es following Manchester City\u2019s dramatic <strong>2-1 victory<\/strong> over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Haaland Reacts to Gabriel Incident<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">After scoring the winning goal, Haaland was involved in a fiery confrontation with Gabriel. speaking after the match, the Norwegian striker gave his honest opinion:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cIf I fell on the floor, which I will not do unless someone really attacks me, I think maybe it would be a red card, I\u2019m not sure\u2026 I will not fall on the floor as easy like this. Yellow card, for me I don\u2019t know why. He comes up to my face!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Despite the tense moment, Haaland showed respect for his opponent, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cLet\u2019s be honest, he is an amazing player. It was a nice battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Match Summary: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Final Score: Manchester City 2-1 Arsenal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>Rayan Cherki<\/strong> (16\u2032) \u2013 Gave City the lead with a stunning solo goal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kai Havertz<\/strong> (18\u2032) \u2013 Arsenal quickly equalised.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erling Haaland<\/strong> (65\u2032) \u2013 Scored the decisive winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The win keeps Manchester City right in the Premier League title race. A victory against Burnley next would send them to the top of the table.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">The Haaland vs Gabriel Duel<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The clash between Haaland and Gabriel became one of the talking points of the match. The two physical players went head-to-head throughout the game, with several strong challenges. The most heated incident occurred late in the game when Gabriel got in Haaland\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Haaland made it clear he felt the Arsenal defender was fortunate not to receive a red card for the confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erling Haaland has spoken out about his heated battle with Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es following Manchester City\u2019s dramatic 2-1 victory\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":49437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[1077],"class_list":["post-49436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-erling-haaland"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49439,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49436\/revisions\/49439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}