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14th Sep 2016

Bayer Leverkuson troll Spurs on Twitter – immediately regret it

Should have waited til full time, lads

Rob Burnett

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.

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Ha ha ha ha.

Only, CSKA weren’t done.

Just minutes later, this happened:

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And then, hilariously, this:

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And THEN, this:

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.

The Champions League is back. And it looks like silly season has returned.

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