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Erling Haaland took to social media to post an immediate response to a major refereeing error at the end of Manchester City and Tottenham\u2019s thrilling 3-3 draw at the Etihad.<\/p>\n
Haaland led the protests at full time after City\u2019s players felt they had been denied a goalscoring chance when referee Simon Hooper failed to play a key advantage in stoppage-time.<\/p>\n
Jack Grealish was through on goal when Hooper brought the play back for a foul on Haaland, after the striker had been clipped by Tottenham defender Emerson Royal.<\/p>\n
Haaland was able to stay on his feet to continue the move and release Grealish and although Hooper initially signalled City had the advantage, the referee then blew his whistle after the ball was played.<\/p>\n
Haaland had to be restrained at full-time after leading the protests, which came after City dropped points for a third Premier League game in a row, and the striker then took to Twitter\/X to post his response.<\/p>\n
Reacting to a clip of the incident, Haaland simply responded: \u201cWtf\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Sky Sports, former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said the referee had made a \u201cmistake\u201d while former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said Hooper had \u201cpanicked\u201d by bringing play back.<\/p>\n
Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards added: \u201cThe referee had a brilliant game today until this moment. I don\u2019t understand. He puts the whistle to his mouth, he waves it on but stops to play advantage. Grealish is clearly through but then he stops the play, which I just don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Haaland led the protests <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he would not \u201cdo a Mikel Arteta\u201d by criticising referees following the controversial 3-3 draw against Tottenham, in an apparent dig at his former assistant and Arsenal boss.<\/p>\n
Arteta was charged by the Football Association last month following his criticism of Premier League referees and VAR. After a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle, Arteta said the decision to award Anthony Gordon\u2019s winner was an \u201cabsolute disgrace\u201d and \u201cembarrassing\u201d.<\/p>\n
But Guardiola said he would not go down the same route, Although Guardiola said he did not \u201cunderstand\u201d why play was brought back the manager refused to go any further.<\/p>\n
When asked about the incident, he said: "Next question. I will not do a Mikel Arteta comment.<\/p>\n
"It is hard when you review the image, the referee decides to blow the whistle after he has already said to play on. After the pass, the whistle, so I do not understand this action.<\/p>\n
"It was a good game, that is the most important thing. It was a pity, same as the Liverpool game, I had the feeling that today that we made an incredible performance in all departments, against a really good team and manager and how they play.<\/p>\n
"We created a lot of chances, we were aggressive, incredibly concentrated, and the feeling is that we still want to be there [at the top of the table].<\/p>\n
"It is a pity. Sometimes football is like life, you do not get what you deserve."<\/p>\n
City were wasteful throughout the match, however, with Haaland missing an open goal and Jeremy Doku and Julian Alvaraz striking the post. Kulusevski\u2019s 90th minute header rescued Tottenham a point at the Etihad and ended a run of three Premier League defeats in a row for Ange Postecoglou\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Kulusevski\u2019s towering leap denied City victory in a breathless contest, which means Pep Guardiola\u2019s champions have now dropped points in three consecutive games following draws against Chelsea and Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Injury-hit Spurs took the lead when Son Heung-min finished off a clinical counter-attack, but the Tottenham captain then found the net at the other end two minutes later as he diverted a free-kick into his own goal.<\/p>\n
Postecoglou\u2019s side stuck to their bold and attacking plan despite their injury crisis and City could have been out of sight as they routinely tore the visitors apart, with Phil Foden putting them in front after the half hour.<\/p>\n
City were wasteful, however, and Spurs grabbed a deserved equaliser in the second half when Giovani Lo Celso curled in.<\/p>\n
City woke themselves up in the final stages and Grealish punished a loose pass from Tottenham\u2019s Yves Bissouma to restore their lead, before Kulusevski\u2019s dramatic header settled the contest.<\/p>\n