Haaland was provoked by Gianluca Mancini. An explosive argument was sparked inside the Italian penalty area. Haaland, who was visibly agitated, had to be held back by club colleague Donnarumma - preventing him from confronting Mancini face-to-face.
Quizzed by Norwegian television on what happened, Haaland said: “At 1-1, he started grabbing my ass, and I thought, ‘what are you doing?’ So I fired myself up a bit and said to him, ‘thanks a lot for the motivation, let’s f*cking have it.’ Then I scored two goals, we win 4-1, so that’s great. Thanks to him!”
Haaland fired Norway in front with a superb volley, before capitalising on a poor clearance moments later. Wolves frontman Jorgen Strand Larsen added a fourth in stoppage-time as Stale Solbakken’s side secured automatic World Cup qualification in style.
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