Plenty of West Ham United fans have been chipping away at those of Manchester United on social media following Sunday’s comfortable 2-0 win, but not many would have expected to club to get involved.
Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell’s sweet strikes fired West Ham into fifth and dealt Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side another defeat on the road.
After full-time though, the official club Twitter account paid homage to the famous ‘Ole’s at the wheel’ chant, switching it in favour of Manuel Pellegrini.
Of course, it blew up and amongst fans of several different clubs reacting to the bold post, plenty of Hammers supporters were loving it…
Twitter: @WestHam YESSS NICE ONE
https://t.co/QhPTe9IzeU (@Priceless_Silva)
Twitter: @WestHam W (@oliverrrwhu)
Twitter: @WestHam Haven’t they suffered enough? Stop it! (@PeterSmitGary)
Twitter: @WestHam https://t.co/nFoAHDzj3D (@SaifNerazzurro)
Twitter: @WestHam Give the admin a raise (@Matthew_Ware_II)
Read West Ham’s verdict
Many West Ham fans may be delighted with the way the club has reacted to Sunday’s triumph on social media, but others are raving about the ‘curse’ of this kind of tweet.
Arsenal did it with Unai Emery after beating United at the back-end of last season and went on to miss out on Champions League football, as the latest example.
Pellegrini’s side looks so strong at the moment though and could genuinely be on for a memorable campaign. Let’s hope the apparent curse is just a myth, mind…
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