We kind of know where they were going with this, but it didn’t pan out quite as they were hoping.
Gabriel Jesus has been something of a revelation since finally joining up with his Manchester City teammates last month. His first three Premier League games have resulted in three goals and two assists – not bad for a 19-year-old new to the rigours of European football.
Ahead of their game at Bournemouth on Monday night, the social bods at the Etihad decided to capitalise on Jesus’ sensational form with a fancy special FX gif. They decided to run with the whole fire emoji thing, but perhaps went a little too far in taking it extremely literally.
More 🔥 on Monday please! #mcfc pic.twitter.com/RYqsYitNVX
— Manchester City (@ManCity) February 12, 2017
The resulting effort shows Jesus wheeling away from another goal, but actually on fire, with Man City fans cheering in the background. If they aimed to elicit a reaction it certainly worked, although it perhaps wasn’t what they had hoped for. The response ranged from what-were-they-thinking hilarity, sheer bemusement and even distaste…
https://twitter.com/h4mzi/status/830871247563214848
err, little bit weird 👀
— #UTFT (@twhittle1878) February 12, 2017
This is a bit strange.
— Dan S (@jaxdan43) February 12, 2017
this is terrible
— Rob Ross (@gooner145) February 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/whu_tweets/status/830870076966440961
https://twitter.com/caroleegerton/status/831060471516102657
@Mossy316uk did Donald Trump design this gif!!! 😳
— Pooball🟤 (@pooball) February 12, 2017
Horrible tweet.
— Terry (@Terrytheblueone) February 12, 2017
delete it,it's disgusting
— Arsenal1886 (@arsenals1886) February 12, 2017
errrr… that's kind of horrible !?
— Grind Outs (@GrindOuts) February 12, 2017
