{"id":294537,"date":"2023-11-07T21:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294537"},"modified":"2023-11-07T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:54:20","slug":"ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Erling-Haaland-5054661.jpg?r=1699393450816\"><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand took the opportunity to take a playful swipe at Gary Lineker after Erling Haaland mimicked Didier Drogba&#8217;s famous celebration when he opened up the scoring for Manchester City against Young Boys on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian goal-machine converted from the spot before\u00a0running off towards the corner flag while pumping his arms out to the side, just as Drogba did back in the day. He had promised the Chelsea legend he would do so at the Ballon d&#8217;Or ceremony which was co-hosted by Drogba and Lineker.<\/p>\n<p>Drogba urged Haaland to either replicate his celebration or Lineker&#8217;s trademark &#8216;fists pumping&#8217; celebration when he next scored a goal.\u00a0&#8220;For your next goal, I challenge you, you have to choose between the Didier Drogba celebration and the Gary Lineker celebration, if you accept the challenge, of course?&#8221; said Drogba.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland responded: &#8220;We&#8217;ll see next goal. I celebrate in the moment, so I&#8217;ll think of both of you when I score my next goal and will decide!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Picking up on Haaland&#8217;s tribute, Joleon Lescott said on the TNT Sports panel at half-time: &#8220;At the Ballon d\u2019Or, (Didier) Drogba and Gary Lineker questioned him about his loyalties and can he recognise the celebration the next time he scores, and he dedicated that to Didier. It was a good moment for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Laura Woods then asked: &#8220;Do you reckon if he scores again he&#8217;ll do one for Gary Lineker?&#8221; In response, Ferdinand quipped: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think he would have seen one of Gary Lineker&#8217;s celebrations, would he?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Spurs &#8216;beating Prem rivals&#8217; in race to sign Gimenez in January[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Sabitzer shares what Ten Hag is like in dressing room and behind the scenes[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Guardiola reacts to Arsenal boss Arteta&#8217;s ref fury as he admits to &#8216;confusion'[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Haaland&#8217;s next game in a Manchester City shirt after the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony was a 6-1 trashing of Bournemouth but remarkably Haaland did not find the back of the net. But in the 23rd minute of City&#8217;s Champions League group stage clash he beat Anthony Racioppi in the Young Boys goal-mouth to break the deadlock from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/175x108\/1695116350709.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1695116196960.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1695116196960.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Watch TNT Sports and Discovery+ througn Amazon Prime Video for \u00a329.99 a month.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an easy way to watch all the best sports and the Premier League throughout 2023 without signing up to a contract.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/175x108\/1692264159219.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1692263979790.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1692263979790.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky is giving exisiting customers the chance to watch TNT Sports for just \u00a325 a month.<\/p>\n<p>It is added onto your existing package meaning you can watch every UEFA Champions League and Europa League match, plus exclusive Premier League games.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/175x108\/1692264531299.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1692264338510.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/affiliateswidgets\/115x50\/1692264338510.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Media allows customers to upgrade their existing packages for a set price.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re not yet a Virgin Media customer, you can get the Bigger Bundle + Sports for \u00a365 a month.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with mega fast broadband, a Virgin 360 box and TONS of sports channels for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1832611\/Rio-Ferdinand-Gary-Lineker-Erling-Haaland-Man-City\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rio Ferdinand took the opportunity to take a playful swipe at Gary Lineker after Erling Haaland mimicked Didier Drogba&#8217;s famous celebration when he opened up <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\" title=\"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rio Ferdinand took the opportunity to take a playful swipe at Gary Lineker after Erling Haaland mimicked Didier Drogba&#8217;s famous celebration when he opened up [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ferdinand-savages-Lineker-after-Haaland-Man-City-goal-celebration.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\",\"name\":\"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft","og_description":"Rio Ferdinand took the opportunity to take a playful swipe at Gary Lineker after Erling Haaland mimicked Didier Drogba&#8217;s famous celebration when he opened up [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Ferdinand-savages-Lineker-after-Haaland-Man-City-goal-celebration.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/","name":"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-07T21:54:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ferdinand-savages-lineker-after-haaland-man-city-goal-celebration\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Ferdinand savages Lineker after Haaland Man City goal celebration"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}