Erling Haaland lost his head after a late Spurs equaliser consigned Manchester City to their worst run in the Premier League for six years.

Haaland was furious with referee Simon Hooper after the contentious reversal of a decision to play advantage when the City striker had slipped Jack Grealish clean through at 3-3 in stoppage time.

And the 23-year-old could find himself in hot water with the Football Association after stating ‘what the stupid in a social media post commenting on Hooper’s late call.

The striker had a bust-up with Tottenham’s Giovani Lo Celso as he stormed down the tunnel on an afternoon of anger at the Etihad Stadium that saw City winless in three consecutive matches for the first time since 2017.

City boss Pep Guardiola refused to criticize Hooper. ‘I will not do a Mikel Arteta comment,’ he said, referring to the Arsenal manager’s outburst after their defeat at Newcastle United.

‘It is hard (to explain) when you review the image. The referee decides to blow the whistle after saying to play on.’

Last month, Mail Sport launched our Stop Abusing Referees campaign, urging authorities to clamp down on aggression towards officials.

On Friday, a host of City’s stars angrily crowded Hooper, incensed by his decision. Arsenal, Manchester United, and Liverpool have all been charged this year for failing to control their players during matches.

Guardiola added: ‘Erling’s reaction was the same as the other 10 players. The rules are you cannot talk with the referees or fourth officials so we should have had 10 players sent off.

‘He’s a little bit disappointed. Even the referee — if he played for Man City today he would be disappointed for that action.’

The Norwegian striker later took to X (formerly Twitter) after the match to simply post 'Wtf' about the late incident at the Etihad.

His dad, former professional footballer and Man City star Alfie Haaland replied 'Terrible' in response to the post, but this led to several social media users being happy that the family was upset.

One wrote: 'Father and son tears???? YES, I LOVE THIS', with a meme of a smiling Kylian Mbappe, while another added: 'Father and son crying I've seen it all', and a third said: 'Father and son tears, sign me up'.

In response to Alfie's 'Terrible' line, one quick-witted user quipped 'Just like his finishing today'.

Speaking on Sky Sports at the time of the incident, commentator Gary Neville said: 'Oh no, oh no. Simon Hooper, played on to start with, what's he done there?

'He did play the advantage that was a real surprise, Haaland gets fouled and he lets that go a bit and then blows there. He sees the pass, a strange one.'