The Manchester City team has been performing quite well this season and has been mostly living up to the expectations placed upon them by fans and the club. They are second in the Premier League right now, with Arsenal just six points ahead of the title contenders.
The team has already secured the EFL Cup back in March when they managed to beat Arsenal 2-0 in the final.
They recently had a negative result when they were eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid. In the two-legged match, City lost both fixtures and the contest ended with an aggregate scoreline of 5-1.
The recent change of format in UCL has also forced the teams to play more games this season, and nearly all of the clubs have most of their players injured because of fewer rest days between matches, causing significant strain on both starters and bench players.
Despite these challenges, both physical and mental, City proved their worth and dominated Liverpool in a home match with a score of 4-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals right after their elimination.
In a crucial match that took place on Sunday, City again had a convincing performance against Chelsea in an away game at Stamford Bridge where they managed to win 3-0, giving fans a sense of relief that their team can still perform at the highest level.
Into this well-oiled machine of a team steps Antoine Semenyo, the £65 million January signing from Bournemouth, who has already started making people forget that price tag by looking sharp and direct on the right wing.
The Ghanaian got himself on the scoresheet against Liverpool as well, killing off the game with a tidy finish that earned him a Mitre Goal of the Round nomination right alongside Haaland himself.
Not bad for a new guy who has barely had time to learn where the training ground canteen is. But here is the thing about playing with Erling Haaland—the man expects service, and frankly, passing to him has basically been a cheat code for Manchester City goals ever since he arrived in England.
Now, a specific incident that has caught the attention of Manchester City supporters unfolded quietly on Instagram, where Haaland cheekily takes a dig on Semenyo for not passing the ball enough.
In Semenyo’s recent post on Instagram, he shares a few intense snapshots from the Chelsea match and hints that he is at his peak performance, probably highlighting the 88% pass accuracy stat that was calculated for him.
We all know how much Haaland likes the ball, and passing the ball to him has almost been a guaranteed method to score for Manchester City.
The Cityzens have noticed the forward trying to justify his price tag too much and taking chances himself when he could have passed to Haaland or a teammate in the box, especially during the Chelsea game.
When a fan commented on Semenyo’s post about passing the ball more to Erling, rather than posting any angry or overt criticism, Haaland replied with a single word to the comment that read, “Agree” followed by a thumbs-up emoji that suggested he was far from genuinely frustrated.
Haaland replied to a fan in Semenyo comment saying pass to him. “Agreed” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/cj2oD8qy8R
— DSK (@0161Darren) April 12, 2026
The subtlety of the dig is what makes it so effective, because it simultaneously acknowledges Semenyo’s impressive instincts and performance to date while also reminding everyone that Haaland considers any shot not taken by himself which missed the net to be a potential waste of a goal.
Given that City have scored freely in recent matches and the two forwards combined well enough to both earn goal-of-the-round nominations, this Instagram exchange reads less as a genuine complaint and more as a veteran striker playfully breaking in his newest teammate.
