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27th Nov 2016

Twitter reacts as Julia Roberts is spotted at Man United v West Ham

From Ocean's Eleven to eleven-a-side.

Tom Victor

Every club has its celebrity fans, with whom their team is synonymous.

West Ham United have Danny Dyer.

Chelsea have Suggs.

Liverpool have Samuel L Jackson.

Arsenal have Jeremy Corbyn.

Manchester United have…Julia Roberts?

We didn’t know about that one either, but the Pretty Woman star was in the crowd for United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.

Naturally, attention soon turned to whether Roberts was a regular at the Theatre of Dreams.

Whether she spent her younger days watching the likes of Clayton Blackmore and Lee Sharpe tearing it up on the training ground.

Whether she knew about Marcus Rashford before you.

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But, as is so often the case, it was Henry Winter who had the perfect response right off the bat.

If the American actress showed up late to the game then she may have missed Diafra Sakho’s quickfire opener for the visitors.

But surely she’ll have been in her seat in time to see Zlatan Ibrahimović draw the hosts level, while she may well have had a very good view of José Mourinho being sent to the stands before half-time.

The result leaves United four points adrift of fifth-placed Tottenham and 11 behind league leaders Chelsea, while West Ham’s point lifts them above Crystal Palace into 16th.

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