The official social media accounts of Newcastle trolled Mikel Arteta about his comments about the game ball after their Carabao Cup victory on Arsenal on Wednesday.
The X and Instagram accounts of the Magpies placed both photos of the yellow miter Carabao Cup Ball after their 4-0 aggregated victory, referring to comments made by Arteta After his side were beaten last month in the first stage of the semi-final.
“I think we have kicked a lot of the balls over the bar and it is difficult that this ball will fly a lot,” he said after the Gunners had wasted 23 shots worth 3.09 expected goals at the Emirates Stadium.
“We also discussed that, so there are details that we can do better.”
Newcastle posted a photo of a ball in the goal with the caption “The Dulprit:” About an hour after full -time in the second stage on Wednesday. Around 8.30 am on Thursday it had gathered 4M views on X, as well as 118,000 likes.
The Premier League has already started imposing penalties for individual players this week if they think that goal celebrations are damaging the reputation of the game or inflaming oppositions or players.
In recent weeks, a wave of parties have designed to attract opposition players and fans national attention after Iliman Ndiaye has simulated a seagull for the home fans in Everton's victory in Brighton, while MyLes Lewis-Skelly Erling Haaland navers in his target celebration in Arsenal's 5-1 Victory at Man City on Sunday.
Although the celebrations of Newcastle were limited to social media, asking about whether at some point administrative bodies can also choose to step in if they think the game is being discredited.
After the match against Sky Sports, goal scorer Anthony Gordon also seemed to focus a farewell shot on the Gunners, when he said it was important to “stay modest”, a possible reference to Haaland's message to Arteta after Arsenal's 2-2 draw in humans City in September.
When asked by Sky Sports' Natalie Ghedra about what the victory showed about the maturity of Newcastle, Gordon replied: “It is important for us to stay humble, we went really well and had two results that we did not see.
“This was a good game to get back on track, but we have to keep our head low and concentrate on what is for us.”
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