Erling Haaland scored twice for Norway against Sweden on Sunday, but he admitted his second, from the penalty spot, probably shouldn’t have happened.
Haaland’s penalty in the 69th minute was ultimately the winning goal in Norway’s 2-1 victory in the UEFA Nations League, but the spot kick appeared to be incorrectly given after a dive from Norway’s Morten Thorsby.
After the game, Haaland couldn’t help but laugh at Thorsby’s dive, saying it may have been something he learned while playing for Sampdoria in Italy.
Asked by TV 2 what he thought of the incident, Haaland said: “I think he should have passed the ball to me, and I would’ve scored, but it looks like a half-dive.”
The newly minted Manchester City striker was then shown a replay of the incident.
“The Italian way, you can safely say,” he said. “That’s something he must have brought from Italy. But he touched him … It looks like he was diving, yes, I honestly have to say, but oh well. It is what it is.”
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