The best and funniest tweets from the world of football this past week, featuring the unnecessary coverage about Marcus Rashford, the proliferation of ‘official’ sources, and the ignominy of watching Newcastle play ‘football’.ย
Meanwhile, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur put on a Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola clinic.
The week started off on a sour note with certain media outlets covering young black footballers in a shocking manner.ย
Ok, so letโs address this. Iโm 23. I came from little. I need to protect not just my future but my familyโs too. To do that I made a decision at the beg of 2020 to start investing more in property. Please donโt run stories like this alongside refs to โcampaigningโ. pic.twitter.com/coqla2i19d
— MR (@MarcusRashford) November 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/wjhughes19/status/1327940535789776896?s=20
Media treatment of Marcus Rashford shows no lessons have been learned from the Sterling witch-hunt
This video nails it in one.ย
The moment the wrong type of footballer bought an expensive house. pic.twitter.com/fe35iyOaLq
— The Exploding Heads (@Exploding_Heads) November 16, 2020
Man City lost to Spurs despite dominating the match in terms of shots and possession, an increasingly common feature of their matches these days.ย
Manchester City are such a strange team. They have built a Death Star, but they keep handing everyone the precise co-ordinates of how to bomb it.
— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) November 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/MC_of_A/status/1330213996599910407?s=20
The government are going to spend ยฃ4billion in 4 years on defence. Whoโs Prime Minister, Pep Guardiola?
— BN (@BanditNanna) November 19, 2020
Mourinho attempts to play down title talk as Spurs beat Man City
City fans will never have to endure what Newcastle United fans go through on weekly basis, at least.
https://twitter.com/2__Benitez1892/status/1330139155540611076?s=20
A 2-0 home defeat to Chelsea is just the latest in a long line of limp performances.ย
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) November 21, 2020
โA massive three pointsโ โ Abraham buzzing as Chelsea move top with 2-0 Newcastle win
As for Man United, rinse and repeat.ย
Every Man Utd game is the same now. We start like complete shit. VAR decision goes our way. And then we get a penalty
— Pรธgba Senior (@TheSaItIsHere) November 21, 2020
We’re happy for you, Rom.
https://twitter.com/RomeluLukaku9/status/1329408974869946370?s=20
The greatest football promo ever came out of Wrexham of all places this week.ย
A message from our owners-elect…
Welcome to Wrexham AFC, @RMcElhenney and @VancityReynolds ๐ฅณ
๐ดโช๏ธ #WxmAFC pic.twitter.com/ho1vV8cvry
— Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) November 16, 2020
Why Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are taking over non-league Wrexham AFC
And while we’re on American actors, who knew The Wire’s Clay Davis was a fitbaw fan?
Sheeeeeeeee-it! When theyโre playing Stenhousemuir, let me know. https://t.co/e9Q5ZpKuDp
— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@IsiahWhitlockJr) November 21, 2020
Yes, and?
https://twitter.com/sarajbz/status/1329883539387543554?s=20
It was a big week for official sources.ย
Kevin De Bruyne is the best player in the league.
โ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ pic.twitter.com/ggDFt8KBFa
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 17, 2020
London is red โค๏ธ #YaGunnersYa
โ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ
— Mesut รzil (@M10) November 17, 2020
โน๏ธ @LaLigaEN is better than the @premierleague
โ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ
— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) November 17, 2020
This is what you call high literature.ย
https://twitter.com/DavidHartrick/status/1328354149398876160?s=20
Golazo Merchants: Nottingham Forest legend Stuart โPsychoโ Pearce
Just give it up, Gary.ย
Neville trying to convince Solskjaer he can win the title at United…pic.twitter.com/T3ERyhRTKM
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) November 15, 2020
English is such a beautiful language.ย
Foreign footballers always have poetic nicknames like O Fenรดmeno, Der Kaiser or The Swan of Utrecht and then every English player is called things like Macca, Wazza and Slabhead.
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) November 18, 2020
If you ever wanted to know how tall Chris Kamara is, here’s photographic evidence.ย
Had a great morning ๐ pic.twitter.com/40VzGUM5IF
— Chris Kamara (@chris_kammy) November 16, 2020
Hey, I’m tryna score ova’ here!
.@WMckennie after three months in Italy ๐ pic.twitter.com/izIBrQvWKh
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 16, 2020
Ireland’s can’t buy a win since the lockdown.ย ย
We're not saying there's any correlation, but Ireland haven't scored since we closed the pubs… #IRLBUL
— Grogans Castle Lounge (@GrogansPub) November 18, 2020
The Irish manager Stephen Kenny came under for showing his team an allegedly anti-English video before the England (he didn’t), but he could have shown the players much worse.ย
https://twitter.com/butlertom30/status/1329783465496154118?s=20
Latest unnecessary international break has been an omnishambles for football
Poor Jay Rodriguez gets pigeonholed by his teammates.
When youโre the only player at training with a Burnley accent… pic.twitter.com/Z4qKRIRyB6
— Rossy (@rossytweetss) November 17, 2020
And finally, we say goodbye to an iconic landmark.ย
Wembley Stadium walkway ramp being demolished today. It will be replaced by steps pic.twitter.com/W5Q5SwnsIB
— FootballAwaydays (@Awaydays23) November 19, 2020
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