When Jesse Lingard scores a goal, Jesse Lingard bloody well celebrates a goal.
That was again the case as he gave Manchester United the lead in their Carabao Cup game away to Swansea City on Tuesday night.
The midfielder marked the goal by pretending to play a flute, just
like he did after scoring a screamer against Middlesbrough last season. As was the case that day, his choice of celebration caused a fair amount of fuss from some of those watching the game on telly.
To some, it was enough for Lingard to be fined by the club.
https://twitter.com/brenhindle86/status/922916765230710785
Others, however, felt it more appropriate to wish a career-threatening injury on the player...
https://twitter.com/_MattyEFC/status/922902210090070017
Or a move to Sunderland...
https://twitter.com/Cam_Dooley/status/922913345333690368
Or suggest he deserved to be hit by a bus or an aeroplane...
https://twitter.com/willl_power/status/922902805299548161
The celebration was also enough for some to claim he had yet to have sexual intercourse.
https://twitter.com/biggunbrady/status/922902776019070976
And others to claim he was a small tailless amphibian.
https://twitter.com/jamiewareham7/status/922902345452834821
It was enough to change dislike to sheer hatred for this supporter.
https://twitter.com/archyb123/status/922902732901675008
And then, with the stench of boiled piss drifting from Twitter timelines up and down the country, Lingard scored a second and did it all over again.