ERLING HAALAND has been transformed into a meme by rival fans after a photo of his meltdown went viral.
The striker was apoplectic after referee Simon Hooper blew his whistle for a foul instead of allowing play to continue with Jack Grealish through on goal in the last minute against Tottenham.
A photo of Erling Haaland’s incensed face went viral on social media
Fans quickly turned the Manchester CIty striker into a meme
One fan superimposed Haaland’s face onto a famous Real Housewives meme
Another transformed the Norwegian into Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’
The match ended 3-3 and an incensed Haaland remonstrated with the ref before taking to Twitter to question the decision.
Haaland went on social media immediately after the match to vent his frustrations but by that time he was already a meme.
A photo of his raging face quickly circulated as cheeky fans began to superimpose it over famous artwork and already existing memes.
Haaland’s face was pasted by one fan to Edvard Munch’s well-known artwork “The Scream,” and another fan morphed his likeness into a controversial meme from the reality TV series “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
One person put Haaland’s face over Kevin McCallister’s from Home Alone to get into the holiday spirit, while another person recreated a well-known internet meme from earlier this year that featured a woman who gained notoriety for her loudmouth antics on an American Airlines flight.
Haaland saw the funny side and responded to The Scream meme saying: “W** that made me smile for the first time today.”
Haaland, 23, could be hit with an FA charge following his conduct towards the referee.
The striker blew his top at Hooper and, before storming down the Etihad tunnel, he fired an F-word rant at Giovani Lo Celso after the Spurs scorer barged into him at full-time.
Haaland was turned into Kevin McCallister from Home Alone
He was also compared to a woman who went on a tirade on board an American Airlines flight this year