It was recently been revealed by Brentford's Ben Mee that Manchester City's striker Haaland likes to pinch defenders to get a reaction.
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"Little pinches here and there between him and myself, more him to be fair," he told Sky Sports.
And Keown was someone who loved to get in his opponent's head.
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"There are different types of defenders in football and I definitely fell into the category of a 'contact' centre half," he told the Daily Mail.
"I wanted to leave an impression on my opponent from the off, usually starting the game with a cheeky 'reducer' — a firm but fair tackle to lay down my authority in our expected duel.
"I wanted to get into his head, test his temperament and upset his focus and concentration. Occasionally, that would include pinching him in the lower back.
"I first encountered it myself in a European game with Arsenal and decided to bring it back to England. Some opponents refused to react, such as Gianluca Vialli.
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"God rest his soul, Vialli was so focused and so professional that no matter what I did, I could not get him to react.
"But other opponents fell into my trap on many occasions, sometimes reacting furiously, as if to say, 'How dare you touch me?' That was like a red rag to a bull for me.
"That was when I knew I had them on the rack. That physical contact proved too much for Francesco Totti, who could not control himself and was sent off for repeatedly trying to elbow me in the face in a Champions League game in March 2003.
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"Totti was dismissed and Roma were down to 10 men from the 22nd minute onward."
Haaland's tricks appear to have paid off this season, with the 22-year-old sitting on 47 goals for the season so far.
He has broken many records during his debut campaign at City, and is set to only get better and better.