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That's one way to stop him! Antonio Rudiger irritates Erling Haaland as the Real Madrid defender's superb man marking job keeps City's prolific striker quiet in Bernabeu draw

Premier League defenders have spent the whole season trying to figure out how to stop Erling Haaland - without much success.

But perhaps they could take a leaf out of Antonio Rudiger's book after the Real Madrid centre-half did an excellent job keeping Manchester City's talisman quiet on Tuesday night.

It wasn't just the German's tackling, anticipation and positioning that ensured 51-goal Haaland endured a rare off-night, but some dark arts too.

A video clip filmed from the stands at the Bernabeu during the Champions League semi-final, first leg showed Rudiger deliberately irritating Haaland as he stuck to the City man like glue.