Erling Haaland alleges Porto’s Pablo Rosario grabbed him during Champions League match

Erling Haaland put two past FC Porto in Manchester City’s Champions League league-phase opener on September 8. Then he accused Porto midfielder Pablo Rosario of putting hands somewhere they definitely shouldn’t go. The Norwegian striker told broadcaster TV2 after the match that Rosario grabbed his backside during a scuffle following a foul in stoppage time. Both players received yellow cards from referee Szymon Marciniak for their roles in the incident. Haaland suggested Rosario was a bit too motivated to stop him from completing a hat-trick. Two goals, one grab, and a tunnel incident City traveled to the Estádio do Dragão and left with a clean 2-0 victory, both goals courtesy of Haaland. His first arrived two minutes into the second half, and the second came in the 90th minute to seal the result in heavy rain conditions. That second goal is where things got interesting. A confrontation broke out between the two sides after a foul, and it was during this sequence that Haaland claims Rosario grabbed him. Photographic evidence from the match appeared to capture the moment of the alleged contact. A heated altercation reportedly erupted in the tunnel at halftime, with tensions spilling...