Erling Haaland reveals Man City dressing room reaction to Arsenal Premier League title win

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·20. Mai 2026

Erling Haaland reveals Man City dressing room reaction to Arsenal Premier League title win

Man City have now gone successive seasons without a Premier League title

Erling Haaland says seeing Arsenal crowned Premier League champions should give the Manchester City squad motivation for next season.

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Man City travelled to Bournemouth on Tuesday night knowing only a win would be enough to keep the title race alive going into the final day of the campaign, as well as hopes of a domestic cup treble.

City started well at the Vitality Stadium and had an Antoine Semenyo goal disallowed for offside early on, but fell behind to a stunning Eli Kroupi Junior strike shortly before half-time.

This left Man City needing to score two goals without reply, though they could only manage one as Haaland slammed the ball into the back of the net deep into second half stoppage-time.

Since beating Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on April 19, City have dropped points to Everton and now Bournemouth, leaving Haaland to reflect on two season’s without a Premier League title.

“Every game in the Premier League is difficult, we tried, it wasn’t enough,” Haaland said in an interview with City Studios.

“The whole club should use this as motivation now. We should be angry, we should feel a fire inside our belly because it’s not good enough. It’s gone two years now, it feels like forever.

“We’re going to do everything we can, everyone that will be here next season, to win the league.”

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Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, revealed he called Mikel Arteta to congratulate the Arsenal manager on ending the club’s 22-year drought to be crowned champions of England.

"I called him to congratulate him and the staff because people may think things that happen are granted for them,” the Spaniard said.

“They have to work so hard and all the hours they put in, how much they suffer and how much they have to think and think… and try to always promote that winning mentality that they are doing.

"Then at the end, you have to say congratulations, this is sport. He’s a really good friend of mine. I not only respect him but I admire him as a person, as a professional.

"So when you are in reach, you have to take all of the positive things that we’ve done in the season and how far we’ve come, and some (lessons) for sure to be better."