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19th Apr 2016

Tottenham have been torn to shreds for this lion-themed Twitter post

No pride

Tom Victor

We get it, guys, lions can destroy foxes.

Tottenham closed the gap on league leaders Leicester City with a convincing 4-0 victory at Stoke, and it seems the club is getting a little carried away about the Londoners’ title chances.

Spurs’ official Twitter account posted this photo comparing Harry Kane, Toby Alderweireld, Ryan Mason and Christian Eriksen to a pride of lions.

Because that’s an entirely normal thing to do.

It quickly brought some other, less flattering comparisons.

But most of the responses looked something like this.

https://twitter.com/ebbp/status/722412861297926144

Or this.

Or this.

https://twitter.com/JackMouu/status/722412574197878785

Even Mauricio Pochettino couldn’t get on board with it.

At least one person chose a more appropriate animal for the club.

https://twitter.com/Bemkap/status/722458188298199041

And there we were thinking Dele Alli’s open goal miss was the most embarrassing thing Spurs would do this week.