Haaland angrily pushes Sky Sports camera out of his face after Man City draw
Erling Haaland was in no mood to be on camera after Manchester City dropped points against Chelsea on Saturday evening.
The Premier League champions trailed at the break courtesy of a late first-half strike from Raheem Sterling. Rodri lashed home in the 83rd minute to restore parity, but City were unsuccessful in their bid to find a late winner.
City have dropped ground on Arsenal and Liverpool in the title race as a result of their stalemate with Chelsea as both of their rivals won earlier in the day.
Haaland endured an afternoon to forget on a personal level after spurning a number of golden opportunities. The Norwegian striker, who plundered 52 goals in 53 matches last season, missed the target completely on a number of occasions when he should have tested Djorde Petrovic in the visiting goal.
Daniel Sturridge, who played for both City and Chelsea during his playing career, insisted that Pep Guardiola's team would be feeling "very disappointed" after failing to beat a Blues team which has massively underwhelmed this season.
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He believes the result has blown the title race wide open, telling Sky Sports: "It’s clearly very open. The teams watching from home can take a lot of encouragement in terms of the way they can get in behind Manchester City and getting chances.
"It’s a disappointment for them for sure, dropping points at home playing against a Chelsea side, of course on their day they are brilliant like they were today, but I think City will be really disappointed with the result today."
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Haaland cut a frustrated figure both during and after the match (Chris Brunskill/Fantasista)Manchester City will end the weekend in third place, two points behind Arsenal - who thrashed Burnley 5-0 - and four behind Liverpool, who put Brentford to the sword in the afternoon's early kick-off.
Guardiola's men do have a game in hand on both teams, however, even if they win said match they would still be a point behind the Reds, who have now taken charge in the title race.
Rodri conceded that City didn't do enough to get the win post-match, telling Sky Sports: "I didn’t think we did a great first half to be honest. We conceded another easy goal and we have to defend better. They almost created nothing in the first-half, we knew they would play on the counter-attack with their fast players, I think it was three against one and we have to defend better and be honest with ourselves.
"From then, it is always tough. They went deep, you have to be patient and we gave everything in the second half but it wasn’t enough."
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