Arsenal’s foolishly upbeat PSG tweet received so much backlash it had to be deleted

Everyone likes an underdog, nobody likes being considered an underdog.

Arsenal's UEFA Champions League campaign got off to a drawing start as they held Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 at Parc des Princes on Tuesday night. The French Champions were in sensational form heading into the Group A opener having lost just one of their past 40 home games in Europe. It looked like they were on course for another win when Edinson Cavani's glancing header struck the back of the net just 42 seconds into the match. That was the end of the joy for the Uruguayan striker though, as he wasted several golden opportunities which kept the Gunners in the game. Arsenal's talisman Alexis Sanchez managed to salvage a point by firing home a rebound from the Londoners' first shot on target in the entire game... in the 77th minute. It was a disappointing Arsenal performance as they were completely outclassed by a PSG side who really could have put the game beyond all doubt before half time. Olivier Giroud's sending off in added time only worsened the mood of the Arsenal faithful. So the club's decision to send out a positive tweet about the lacklustre performance shortly after the game ended probably wasn't the best idea. The poor sod who runs Arsenal social media channels was probably right. PSG won Ligue 1 last season and are the top seeds in the group. Considering just how awful Arsenal looked against them, a draw was probably the best they could have hoped for on the night, and they were lucky to get even that much. However, the brutal honesty of admitting that Arsenal aren't the front-runners to progress to the knockout stages as group winners was just too much of a bitter pill to swallow for some fans. Cue a load of vexed football fans arguing that the glass was half empty, not half full. https://twitter.com/goonerBR/status/775834961505095681 https://twitter.com/GoonRambler/status/775835470995554304 https://twitter.com/JasAFC/status/775836865899421696 https://twitter.com/TheFalseNein/status/775835167403442176 https://twitter.com/Sl63_49/status/775845372262580224 https://twitter.com/jashvora17/status/775835988278915081 https://twitter.com/david_haggerty/status/775846109231058944 https://twitter.com/TheSweGooner/status/775850644708192256 https://twitter.com/ShockTreatment3/status/775863205838991360 https://twitter.com/Abhi_Musik/status/775844397254516736 Read more