Forget fist pumps, knee slides, or badge-kissing. In the most hilariously bizarre celebration of the 2025-26 Premier League season, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden turned Manchester City’s goal against Liverpool into a full-on FRUIT BREAK – casually chomping on bright red apples like they were at a picnic while Jérémy Doku sprinted around the Etihad doing cartwheels after scoring! The internet has officially declared this the most City thing ever, and the memes are sweeter than the apples themselves!

It all went down in the 63rd minute of the November 9, 2025, title-deciding clash at the Etihad. City were already 3-1 up after Haaland’s earlier header and a deflected rocket, but Doku decided to pour salt in Liverpool’s wounds. The Belgian wizard picked up the ball on the left wing, nutmegged Trent Alexander-Arnold like he was a traffic cone, slalomed past two more defenders, and rifled a low drive past Giorgi Mamardashvili. Goal. Pure filth. The stadium detonated.

Doku lost his mind – shirt off, spinning it like a helicopter, roaring into the Matthew Harding Stand end (wait, wrong stadium, but you get the vibe). Meanwhile, cameras panned to Haaland and Foden… who were both leaning against the advertising boards, grinning like kids on lunch break, taking synchronized bites out of shiny red apples. No jumping, no hugging, no nothing. Just crunch.

Commentator Peter Drury nearly choked: “Doku is dancing with the gods… and Haaland and Foden are having a snack!” Co-commentator Ally McCoist screamed, “What is going on?! Is this a goal celebration or a bloody WeightWatchers ad?!”

The clip exploded instantly. Within 20 minutes, #AppleBoys was the No. 1 global trend, racking up 3.8 million posts. One fan edited the footage to the Snow White soundtrack with the caption: “Meanwhile in Manchester, two princesses found the shiniest apples in the kingdom.” Another superimposed the pair into a Tesco meal deal advert. Someone even started a petition for City’s next third kit to be orchard-themed.

So where the hell did the apples come from?!

Post-match, Foden – still holding a half-eaten core – revealed the glorious truth: “Erling’s on this new diet, yeah? Says apples after the 60th minute give him ‘super-saiyan energy’ for the last half hour. He brought a bag of them into the changing room before the game. Proper Granny Smith ones. I just nicked one ‘cos I was starving. Then Doku scores and we just… forgot to celebrate normally!”

Haaland, towering over reporters with juice dripping down his chin, doubled down: “Apple is nature’s rocket fuel. Potassium, fructose, hydration – boom! In Norway we eat apple when we score. Keeps the legs fresh. Also, very tasty.” When asked why he didn’t join Doku’s madness, he shrugged: “Jérémy celebrates like he’s on fire. Me? I celebrate like I’m Viking. Quiet. Crunch. Kill.”

Pep Guardiola was asked about it in his press conference and actually face-palmed so hard the microphone fell over. “I told them no snacks on the pitch… but they are animals. Beautiful, apple-eating animals. I cannot control them anymore.”

Even Liverpool players couldn’t stay mad. Van Dijk, still fuming over his disallowed header, was caught on camera laughing and shouting, “Give me one of those apples, you weirdos!” Salah reportedly asked kit man for a fruit bowl at half-time next week.

The apples instantly became legend:

City’s club shop sold out of “Official Haaland Crunch Pack” replica apples in 11 minutes.
A bookmaker paid out 500/1 odds on “next City goal celebrated with fruit.”
Doku himself posted on Instagram: “I score banger, they eat snack 🍎😭 respect the grind.”

This is peak Manchester City in 2025: robotic dominance on the pitch, absolute chaos off it. While the rest of the Premier League is busy arguing over VAR, Haaland and Foden are out here turning goal celebrations into a farmer’s market.

One thing’s for sure: next time City score, every away end is going to pelt the pitch with apples. And when Haaland bags a hat-trick? He might just open a juice bar behind the goal.

Football isn’t the same anymore. It’s crunch time – literally.