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Former Arsenal midfielder, Emmanuel Petit has slammed Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella after the Blues fell to a 2-0 defeat against Erling Haaland\u2019s Manchester City over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The former France international advised the 26-year-old Spain defender to \u2018stay humble\u2019, shut his mouth and do the talking with his legs on the pitch and not to take \u2018the p*ss out of the opponent\u2019 before games.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that after Cucurella won the EURO 2024 title with Spain earlier in the summer, the Chelsea left-back brought out a chant aimed at Haaland during the victory celebrations.<\/p>\n

Poking Haaland backfired on Cucurella in Chelsea\u2019s opening game of the 2024-25 Premier League season against City.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian put the Cityzens in front in the 18th minute, out-muscling Cucurella and leaving him in his tracks in the build-up.<\/p>\n

Petit told Android Poker Apps that the defeat should serve as an important lesson to the Spaniard about insulting opponents before key fixtures.<\/p>\n

\u201cErling Haaland scoring against Marc Cucurella is probably karma. It reminds me of times before big games when I was playing and some players would say a lot in press conferences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my teams, we always said never to talk big about a player before a game otherwise that could turn into a weapon against us. That talk could motivate the opposition\u2019s player to perform even better, like it did to Haaland.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, people will say Cucurella got what he deserved and he\u2019ll learn from it but I found it funny. Next time, don\u2019t take the p*ss out of your opponent, shut your mouth, win the game and trophies and that\u2019s it, stay humble.\u201d<\/p>\n

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