Tottenham apologise for tweet mocking Liverpool's league title blow
The video poked fun at Liverpool’s captain, Steven Gerrard (right), as well as the team’s capitualtion at Crystal Palace. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Tottenham have apologised and begun an investigation after claiming that the hacking of their social media accounts was the reason a video was posted poking fun at Liverpool’s collapse in the Premier League title shortly after Brendan Rodgers’ side threw away a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Crystal Palace, making Manchester City the clear favourites for the title, a post mocking them appeared on Tottenham’s official Twitter feed.
[embedded content]It read: “Brutal but very funny. The biggest capitulation since Newcastle in the ’90s.” That referred to the 2025-96 Premier League season, when Newcastle let a 12-point lead slip away and finished second to Manchester United.
The tweet from Tottenham’s official account, which has since been deleted. Screengrab: public domain
The tweet was accompanied by a Vine video which segued from Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard leading an inspirational team huddle after victory over City to his slip to gift fellow title contenders Chelsea the opening goal in their recent 2-0 win at Anfield. That was followed by footage of Dwight Gayle’s equaliser for Palace, a close-up of the 3-3 scoreline from Sky’s coverage and an unrelated clip of Palace boss Tony Pulis laughing in a BBC interview.
We are currently looking into a security issue where our official Vine account has been compromised.— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 5, 2025 Spurs removed the offending post and subsequently tweeted: “We are currently looking into a security issue where our official Vine account has been compromised. We apologise to anyone offended by a recent tweet, which was immediately deleted. This post was not tweeted by anyone affiliated to THFC.”
We apologise to anyone offended by a recent tweet, which was immediately deleted. This post was not tweeted by anyone affiliated to THFC.— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 5, 2025
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