Fans think they've worked out what Seamus Coleman said to Erling Haaland before his missed penalty and it's brutal

Seamus Coleman remained tight-lipped about what he said to Erling Haaland before the Norwegian's penalty miss on Boxing Day, but fan footage has since emerged of the incident – and fans think they've worked it out.

City lost more ground in the title race on Thursday as they extended their winless run to five matches in all competitions with a 1-1 draw against Everton.

After the brilliant Iliman Ndiaye cancelled out Bernardo Silva's opener, it looked like Pep Guardiola's side were about to take a 2-1 lead when Vitalii Mykolenko brought down Savinho in the area.

But moments later – after Everton captain Seamus Coleman was spotted trying to distract penalty-taker Erling Haaland – the often-reliable striker had his spot-kick saved by Jordan Pickford, and the score remained tied.

In his post-match interview with broadcaster Amazon Prime, Coleman was asked about the conversation with Haaland. "No comment," he laughed, before presenter Dan Walker asked if it was something to do with Christmas.

"Yeah, Merry Christmas," the Republic of Ireland international smiled. "We came here wanting to get a point and you'll do anything you can sometimes to win. There was no swearing or anything like that."

Now, footage from the stands has emerged and fans think they've worked out what Coleman said to Haaland.

TikTok user Haktechmedia posted the below clip on social media alongside the caption: "Seamus Coleman telling Haaland 'stay humble eh' before penalty miss".

Here's how fans reacted to the incident.

One wrote: "Big Seamus Coleman telling Haaland to stay humble. Also why the f*** would the ref book Coleman for chatting to Haaland?" and another commented: "

A third said: "Coleman telling Haaland to stay humble before he took that pen. My captain."

A four wrote: "It worked a treat," while a fifth added: "Rent free in his head."

City boss Pep Guardiola touched on Haaland's penalty miss in his post-match comments.

"How do you react mentally?" he asked. "Life is not easy. Sport is not easy. When it happens, it is OK."

The Spaniard added: "There are still a lot of minutes to play and we had the chances afterwards. We created, incredible how they ran and fight. In some games it was not good but today well played."

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