The best and funniest tweets from the world of football this week, featuring Manchester United’s exit from the Champions League, the Manchester Derby, Demba Ba giving the fourth official a piece of his mind, and Romelu Lukaku unintentionally blocking Inter’s path to the knockout stages.
The week got off to a terrible start for Man united when they got dumped out of the Champions League by RB Leipzig.
#ChampionsLeague @GNev2 “They’ve not backed the manager” 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/fYrf5KegeG
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 8, 2020
Although Paul Pogba put in a miraculously good performance right after his agent dropped a bombshell the weekend before.
When they tell you that you have to keep playing for United vs when your agent says that you'll be leaving soon pic.twitter.com/hbgNAMFvTn
— Zito (@_Zeets) December 8, 2020
Ole said what now?
I JUST SPAT OUT MY WATER😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/DBu5NWvwjH
— . (@tashaaa2000) December 8, 2020
The Soviet secret weapon who took the Premier League by surprise in the 90’s
Good to see the fans are keeping things in perspective at least.
This is a “masterclass” on internet fans overreaction theatre. About 8 weeks in between pic.twitter.com/1sSgEeWWwm
— Dodge (@seidodge) December 9, 2020
The result had Man City sweating for a few days, though…
Every time Solskjaer has a shocker he almost immediately pulls a big win out of the bag… pic.twitter.com/nKLMjzrbrJ
— Steven (@StevenMcinerney) December 8, 2020
But the Manchester Derby was a goalless borefest in the end.
https://twitter.com/rwohan/status/1337834545530494979?s=20
Istanbul Basaksehir and PSG took a stand against racism on Tuesday when the two teams walked off the pitch following alleged racism by the fourth official.
✊🏻✊🏿 NO TO RACISM | #Respect pic.twitter.com/Ic1BzfANoi
— RAMS Başakşehir (@ibfk2014) December 8, 2020
Demba Ba became the unlikely hero of the week as a result.
Demba Ba is the hero that we need but don’t deserve.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) December 8, 2020
Demba Ba is that uncle who goes outside at the sound of commotion and actually handles it. https://t.co/Ie5rm4s9fH
— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) December 8, 2020
An awkward moment for Uefa.
Imagine how small the fine will be if UEFA have to sanction *themselves* for racism…
— James Maw (@JamesTMaw) December 8, 2020
Meanwhile in Millwall, QPR did this:
Scored a screamer, ssh’d the Millwall fans and then took the knee. I now support QPR too. pic.twitter.com/XI3UyPjJ9s
— Liam Heath (@liamfheath) December 8, 2020
https://twitter.com/elliot__ross/status/1336415296194809860?s=20
Racism isn’t just a Millwall problem, it goes far deeper than that
An excellent point on the ‘keep politics out of sport’ debate.
If anti-racism is ‘political’ and you don’t want political messages in football, then surely racism is political and you don’t want that in football either?
— Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ (@timstillman_) December 8, 2020
Poor Romelu Lukaku was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Romelu Lukaku save in the 89th minute of the #InterShakhtar match! ⚒⚒
Caption this. #UCL pic.twitter.com/Kg8HX3KVzE
— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) December 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/sctionn80/status/1336966715855532032?s=20
After smashing the Pride corner flag, this was great to see from Jamie Vardy.
How it started. How it’s going. pic.twitter.com/D7GImCD4om
— Foxes Pride 🦊🏳️🌈 (@FoxesPride) December 8, 2020
Marcelo Bielsa had no problem sharing his lineup well ahead of Friday’s game, although it didn’t stop them from losing to West Ham.
Reporter: Are you going to keep West Ham guessing?
Marcelo: No, here's my Starting XI… pic.twitter.com/xoCGD4JvyU
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 9, 2020
Brother from another mother?
Gonna be heartbroken if I find out they didn't swap shirts.. pic.twitter.com/mHdasqXNXW
— Bilal Zafar | RUBICON #Edfringe26 (@Zafarcakes) December 11, 2020
Sorry, Neymar
told my boyfriend I had a bad day at work n that I wanted to see him n he says no he has a footy game😍sorry Neymar
— 👼🏼 (@abbierichardsnn) December 9, 2020
Everyone in Wales and Ireland breathes a huge sigh of relief.
We have avoided @FAIreland 😄@FIFAWorldCup | #TogetherStronger
— Wales 🏴 (@Cymru) December 7, 2020
Support local.
https://twitter.com/BillyJones93/status/1337096279168602120?s=20
Farewell to Italy legend Paolo Rossi, who passed away aged 64 this week.
Ciao Paolo… I giocatori non dobrebbero andarsene prima degli allenatori
— Giovanni Trapattoni (@giovanni_iltrap) December 10, 2020
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