Twitter is usually alight when there is football since people use it as a second screen to comment about the match they are watching on the big screen.
Well yesterday, there was a Champions League fixture which was the first round of the last 16 between the German team, Bayern Munich and the English football club Arsenal. This was a highly anticipated match since they are popular teams that have a worldwide appeal.
The match however didn’t go very well for Arsenal as they were beaten by 5 goals to one by the home team and such a humiliating loss did not go unnoticed on Twitter. This led to the timeline being filled with Arsenal fans having ‘meltdowns’ about the match and also banter from fans from other teams.
Starting with the banter tweets:
Arsenal sliding out of the Champions League
Arsenal sliding out of the Champions League like pic.twitter.com/KTmFto8zJo
— Coral (@Coral) February 15, 2017
Hold my beer joke
Soccer fans: Wow! No other team can possibly take a worse beating than Barca last night.
Arsenal: Hold my beer…— Charles (@Charlesolomon7) February 15, 2017
Comedy at the highest level
Arsenal in Europe. Comedy at the highest level.
— SALAM (@Iamxuub) February 15, 2017
This is so fitting
https://twitter.com/Imjustaff/status/832000392510713856
Next season
https://twitter.com/zaduhu/status/831990009376940032
Success to Arsenal
Very soon success will pull Arsenal aside and ask pic.twitter.com/rYr4CRNtHW
— Obi of Funaland (@Monsiuer_T) February 15, 2017
Same results
You can't keep on doing the same thing and expect a different result.#WengerOut #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/QTANjuSIHm
— NsoXperience (@DavidNso) February 16, 2017
The same thing every year
https://twitter.com/armuisME/status/831985738921152512
Arsenal do not stay long on the Champions League race
https://twitter.com/Lizutd/status/831972885308792833
Arsenal was also trolled by data guys, Opta.
200 – Arsenal are the first English team with 200 conceded Champions League goals. Explorers.
— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) February 15, 2017
4th place jokes were not left behind
5-1 scoreline
5 – 1 = 4 ( Arsenal league position )
4 * 4 = 16 ( Arsenal Euro visa Expiry point )Form is temporary 4 is permanent
— kenna (@kennagq) February 15, 2017
Guys started trolling Arsenal account with tweets they made ago about their star player, Ozil
‘We’ve got Ozil. Mesut Ozil. I just don’t think you understand. He’s Arsene Wenger’s man. He’s better than Zidane!' pic.twitter.com/xJGjLEx2GV
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 24, 2016
Bleacher Report created a poster which included the pop culture reference to the series: Stranger Things
Anyone know what happened to Mesut Ozil? #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/0fUwZXVW8i
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 15, 2017
The Classic #WengerOut tweets didn’t go unnoticed.
And there you have it, Wenger is a tactical dinasuar, fight me all you want the banners are coming and I won't stop until he's gone!
— MR DT (@MrDtAFC) February 15, 2017
Arsenal fans & ex-players who continue to back him are now damaging this great club.
He has to go. #WengerOut— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 15, 2017
Banter also came in form of video montages uploaded on Twitter
Day in the life of an Arsenal Fan, Part 3 @ArsenalFanTV pic.twitter.com/RxeJ78MCrk
— ManUtdMindset (@ManUtdMindset) February 15, 2017
…or thanks to the Arsenal Fan TV YouTube channel videos
https://twitter.com/mikesanz19/status/832009910070149121
Even former Arsenal players seem to have had enough.
https://twitter.com/IanWright0/status/831972381463891968
https://twitter.com/IanWright0/status/831972897962995712
The Roll safe meme had to be used.
Without the extra games later in the season, the players can concentrate on finishing in the top 4. #Arsenal #FCBvARS pic.twitter.com/dlCry0QCQI
— The Erm (@Nickipedia11) February 15, 2017
or this one
https://twitter.com/_MuGisha_/status/831982302569852928
