Young fan ran into a lamp post chasing down Mo Salah

[ananasonastick]

@MoSalah thank you for coming back to check on my boys after Louis KO’d himself trying to get a wave! He loves you so much and the pain went away instantly when you came to give them a hug. A nose reset worth well worth it he said. You are a top man and a true gent! #EgyptianKing pic.twitter.com/wrmHc4vxB9
- Joe Cooper 🐺 (@joecooper93) August 10,

Comments

[la_petite_singe]

the Internet turned the photo into a meme.

...that's not funny, tho? We're spreading photos and joking (slash lying) about a child being beaten up?? Has this shitty 'fake news' world warped my sense of humor, or is that actually shitty?

[qaladriel]

he wasnt beat up. he ran into a lamppost chasing after his car and someone attached that story as a joke like one of those unbelievable internet stories i presume

[la_petite_singe]

That's...what I'm saying. That's a weird thing to spread as a joke.

[qaladriel]

oh sorry i misread ur comment

idk it reminds me of those obviously fake tumblr posts that people used to spread round or the stuff that gets posted on /r/thathappened

its just dry humour about football unless that person was actually trying to pass it off as real. not that unusual in the uk imo

[aria_grace]

So he ran into a lampost and the internet turned it into him being beat up by opposing fans?

[300psychosis]

They turned it into a meme. They're not saying that it actually happened that way.

[therearewords]

Yeah, humour not found.

[ananasonastick]

we're too old for this.

[ashdevilrun23]

ngl the pic is funny
why didn’t they wipe that poor kids face off before the pic was taken 😩

[qaladriel]

lmao seriously. his pained expression

[madhler]

Right?! His bloodied face makes for an interesting story but they could have at least wiped his chin and lip.

[timbershiver]

I believe that the kid's neighbours were taking him home and Mo Salah caught up with them before they reached the house.

[maybutler]

Maybe I'm too old to understand, but aren't memes supposed to be funny?

[trancexperiment]

This is def something shared around by younger Twitter peeps/Gen Z, similar to ppl making jokes about Millie Bobbie Brown being a homophobe. I sound old but I truly don’t understand the humor

[300psychosis]

Yeah, this screams Gen Z.

[aria_grace]

mte. I was about to comment something about how I can't believe people are still beating each other up over soccer jerseys in the year 2019 but then I realized that isn't what happened and just...

Poor kid. I hate seeing people get hurt, however it happened. Its not funny

Glad Mo stopped, that was nice!

[ahkna]

Just saw this on the news. It was very wholesome.

My wife works with kids in Toronto and one of the kids is a huge fan of Liverpool, and was lamenting how he couldn't get any decent Liverpool gear. She mentioned it in passing to a friend of hers, who works for the club and he sent her some official stuff this week to give to the kid.