Manchester City participating in one of social media’s creepiest trends has infuriated fans

Whoever runs Manchester City's Twitter account may be one of the most despised club villains after sending one-word, one-hashtag tweet on Firday.

Ahead of City's Premier League clash against West Bromwich at the Hawthorns on Saturday, Leroy Sane sent a very enthusiastic tweet. The German youngster was clearly pumped for the big game and wanted the world to know his side would be aiming get back in the win column following their cup loss to Manchester United on Wednesday. Sane didn't tag his club in the tweet, he didn't really phrase in the way that it would warrant a response, but that didn't stop City from finding it, replying and causing their hordes of followers online to cringe. https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/792024753963958272 Creepy, right? The trend of referring to celebrities as mom, dad or any parental variation is as old as the internet itself, but it broke through to the mainstream when New Zealand pop singer Lorde tweeted it in response to one of Kim Kardashian West's attempts to break the internet. https://twitter.com/lorde/status/532432442893041664 As you can imagine, there's not a lot of crossover between football fans and people like Lorde. Therefore you can probably already guess that the reaction has been one of embarrassment from City supporters. https://twitter.com/MissAndreeva_/status/792032131744665601 https://twitter.com/Joshiocentro/status/792025070839488512 https://twitter.com/Oheanacho/status/792025407973367808 https://twitter.com/Beardamendi/status/792024848671338496 https://twitter.com/JonnyEckersley/status/792025007270551553 https://twitter.com/BarcaCracks/status/792025791789883393 https://twitter.com/ThePepEra/status/792024828601565189 You can catch up on the latest episode of JOE's Football Friday Live right here...