Newcastle United star Anthony Gordon took a fairly clear dig at Arsenal with a “keep humble” remark after final evening’s Carabao Cup semi-final victory.
The England worldwide absolutely knew what he was doing when he talked about that he and his teammates wanted to remain humble after this consequence, because it adopted some drama between Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis gamers on the weekend.
For these of you who haven’t been paying as a lot consideration to this feud as some, you might recall that Metropolis striker Erling Haaland might be heard telling Mikel Arteta to “keep humble” after a bad-tempered 2-2 draw on the Etihad Stadium earlier this season.
Haaland additionally threw a ball at Gabriel Magalhaes and appeared to ask Myles Lewis-Skelly “who’re you” because the gamers clashed after that recreation.
So, when Arsenal beat Metropolis 5-1 on Sunday, it’s maybe not stunning that Lewis-Skelly loved trolling Haaland along with his objective celebration, whereas Gabriel additionally celebrated in entrance of the Norwegian at one level.
Anthony Gordon on staying “humble”
See beneath as Gordon appeared to benefit from the win over Arsenal and the prospect to rub salt into their wounds a bit with this cheeky dig…
Anthony Gordon is aware of precisely what he’s doing right here… #StayHumble ? pic.twitter.com/oiJOb0macf
— Soccer Away Days (@FBAwayDays) February 5, 2025
There’s each likelihood it wasn’t deliberate, after all, however we think about Gordon is effectively conscious of a few of the antics of the Arsenal gamers, in addition to of their followers on social media.
Trendy footballers are fairly in tune with what followers are saying, and it’s honest to say there have been a variety of “humble” feedback after the win over Metropolis a couple of days in the past.
Arsenal followers even have a selected repute for being a bit annoying on-line, so maybe there’ll be a couple of groups keen to place all of them of their place after seeing their response to that win over Metropolis.
