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Erling Haaland's dad Alf-Inge Haaland faced some embarrassment at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Alf-Inge Haaland, father of Erling Haaland was removed from his box at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday while his son played for Manchester City against Real Madrid in the first leg of the competition’s semifinal. A former City player, Alf-Inge was seen making fun of the Spanish side’s fans and making offensive gestures.

The 50-year-old was smiling and holding his ears up as he made his way out of the box. In response to the incident, he claimed that his celebrations upset the home fans after Kevin De Bruyne’s long-range goal tied the score in the capital of Spain for City. While his son, Erling Haaland was kept quiet throughout the game, it seems the frustrations took over Alf-Inge.

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Erling Haaland was ineffective on the night against Real Madrid, but his father did cause some stir in the stands. Credits: Twitter

Fans react as Erling Haaland’s dad is escorted from his box at the Bernabeu

Real Madrid fans haven’t taken the actions of Erling Haaland’s dad kindly, slamming the City legend on Twitter. Alfie, however, has refuted those assertions and stated that he was only celebrating Kevin De Bruyne’s goal. Sharing a Sky Sports video of the incident, the former midfielder stated:

“Ok. RM [Real Madrid] was not happy we were celebrating KDB goal. Other than than that we had to move because RM fans not happy with 1-1.”

Going into the second leg, the tie is still very much balanced, but City knows that a repeat of the score from their last meeting at the Etihad Stadium will be sufficient. De Bruyne was one among four scorers for the hosts on that occasion, but Madrid scored three times of its own before finishing the comeback in Spain.

Despite City dominating the first 45 minutes at the Bernabeu, Vinicius Junior scored the opening goal for the guests with a fantastic strike. When Real made the decision to take control of the game, Kevin De Bruyne showed up at the other end and scored an equally stunning goal to tie the game.

A tenacious Real Madrid defence prevented Erling Haaland from scoring, despite City having the majority of possession in typical Pep Guardiola manner but only matching the defending champions in terms of goals. The two clubs will square off once more the following Wednesday in Manchester.

Meanwhile, the Los Blancos fans enjoyed Erling Haaland’s performance. Some even claimed that the Manchester City striker’s father was more disruptive than his son on the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu. The top tweets are as follows: