Pride comes, as we all know, before a fall.
Clearly the person running the official Bayer Leverkusen Twitter account have never heard the phrase – do they even have it in German? They must do, they always have a phrase in German.
A phrase they certainly do have in German is schadenfreude – something Spurs fans who saw Leverkusen’s tweets will no doubt be experiencing right now.
The German side raced into a two goal lead in their Champions League match tonight against CSKA Moscow, and took great delight in reminding their Group E opponents Tottenham, who were 2-0 down at home to Monaco.
Ha ha ha ha.
Only, CSKA weren’t done.
Just minutes later, this happened:
And then, hilariously, this:
And THEN, this:
GOAL! @AlderweireldTob scores! 1-2 #COYS pic.twitter.com/FBsDJAGU88
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 14, 2016
And they say Germans don’t have a sense of humour…
Elsewhere, Manchester City are off to a great 2-0 start against Borussia Monchengladbach in their match which was postponed from yesterday because of heavy rain.
Leicester are also off to a flier in their Champions League debut and are currently 2-0 up at Club Brugge thanks to a Marc Albrighton opener and a Riyad Mahrez free kick.
Goals, goals, goals! 16 of them… #UCL pic.twitter.com/AuWtnFn1yH
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 14, 2016
The Champions League is back. And it looks like silly season has returned.
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