MusaFootball never sleeps. During any of the 86400 seconds in a 24-hour day, somewhere in the world someone is doing something related to the beautiful game, whether that’s scoring a last-minute winner in a high-profile match, posting their expert take on social media or simply booting a ball against a wall with their mates.
It’s therefore impossible for any human being to keep up with everything that’s going on in the game, and it’s often those little yet most intriguing moments, like a fan’s alternative viewpoint of a penalty save, or a three-second yet incredibly telling interaction between two arch-rivals, or thread on X explaining why N’Golo Kante is the nicest man in professional sport, which make football so great.
GIVEMESPORT have created our live blog to help solve that problem, providing the best social media has to offer and the greatest football mini-stories from the last 24 hours.
January 10: Aston Villa Mock ‘Arsenal Fan’ Thomas Frank With Chants
Thomas Frank was the victim of two brutal chants from Aston Villa fans in their FA Cup third round meeting with Tottenham Hotspur. The Danish coach is under pressure and was ridiculed after he was caught out drinking from a cup with an Arsenal badge on it.
The Villans’ supporters chanted “Thomas Frank is an Arsenal fan” after his cup blunder ahead of Spurs’ loss to Bournemouth earlier in the week. But they also piled more misery on the Dane with a “You’re getting sacked in the morning” chant.
Some Spurs fans even joined in with the latter chant as Frank’s future is in serious doubt just six months after replacing Ange Postecoglou. His side sits 14th in the Premier League, having won 7 and lost 8 of 21 games.
Liverpool showed why they are the reigning Premier League champions as they produced a strong display at the home of current leaders, Arsenal. The Reds went into the match 14 points behind their opponents and expected to taste defeat at the Emirates Stadium. However, they held their own as the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
After the game, Van Dijk took to social media to remind everyone who the reigning Premier League champions are, as he posted a picture of the Premier League champions patch that Liverpool players are wearing on their arm this season. Van Dijk’s post has gone viral, with Liverpool fans loving it and Arsenal supporters not as impressed.
Diego Costa built a career for being aggressive on the pitch and eccentric away from it. But the former Chelsea striker’s actions crossed a line in 2020, with a reporter recently detailing an incident following Atletico Madrid’s victory against Liverpool in the Champions League.
Helene Hendriks was conducting interviews after the match when the Spaniard deliberately coughed in everyone’s face. The story made headlines, as it occurred while the COVID-19 was beginning to spike ahead of the global pandemic, and Hendriks revealed that she was diagnosed with the disease two days after the incident.
Recounting her story, she said: “First I had Virgil van Dijk, then Diego Costa. Do you know what Diego Costa did? He walked up and deliberately coughed in everyone’s face. I don’t get angry easily, but I wanted to run after him and say: what are you doing to me?
“He actually coughed right in my face. But for the connection to the Netherlands, I was attached to a wire and I was following Diego Costa, so the whole camera fell over. I didn’t know what was happening to me; I thought it was absolutely outrageous.”
The new information about Costa’s behaviour has provoked an angry reaction from football fans online. One wrote: “That’s a scummy move spitting.” And another echoed that sentiment, stating: “Yeah…thats not nice.”
One more followed up with: “That’s actually so nasty. Even if it wasn’t Covid, what type of animal coughs in peoples faces like that?” And a final individual wrote: “Oh but he’s such a nice bloke off the field. Showing again that’s always nonsense.”
January 5: Mark Goldbridge’s Reaction to Man Utd Sacking Ruben Amorim
Manchester United sacked Ruben Amorim as their head coach on Monday morning. Popular Man Utd fan Mark Goldbridge was live when the news broke and his reaction has gone viral.
He said: “He’s just been sacked. What? Og my hod. Oh my god. They’ve done a 10 o’clock sacking. Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. Oh my god. Oh my god. Darren Fletcher. Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my f god! Oh my god!
“I can’t believe they have given it [the interim job] to Darren Fletcher. I said it! I bloody said it! I told you they’d do that! I feel sick! I actually feel sick. For f* sake, this football club. Darren f**** Fletcher. I can’t speak.”
January 4: Liverpool vs Fulham Premier League Match Delayed by 15 Minutes
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