Every weekend, football happens. And every weekend, the internet has opinions — some insightful, most unhinged. We trawled through Twitter, Reddit, and the toxic corners of football TikTok to bring you the absolute best reactions from this week's chaos.
Moment 1: Salah's Missed Penalty — Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
93rd minute. Score 1-1. Liverpool get a penalty. Mohamed Salah steps up and skied it. Not wide — skied. The ball is still in orbit.
r/LiverpoolFC top comment: "I've supported this club for 30 years and I have never, ever seen Mo miss a pen like that. Someone check if the ball was deflated." — u/KloppEraForever (2.4k upvotes)
Twitter's best take: @AFCAMax: "Salah just sent that penalty to the same place Man United sent their title hopes" (12k likes, 900 quote tweets calling for violence)
The conspiracy theory: Multiple accounts pointed out that Salah's boot sponsor released a new penalty-strike boot literally the day before. The replies: "they put too much power in it" and "the marketing team in shambles right now."
Moment 2: Haaland's Five-Goal Masterclass — Man City 6-0 Burnley
Erling Haaland scored five goals in a single match. Again. At this point it's not news, it's a recurring calendar event.
r/soccer top comment: "Haaland is what happens when you create a player on FIFA with all stats maxed out and then realize you've ruined the game" — u/VARisGoodActually (4.1k)
Twitter's best take: @ESPNFC posted a graphic showing Haaland's goals vs the rest of the league's strikers combined. The ratio was 1:1. That's not a graphic — that's a murder scene.
The petty response: Burnley's official account tweeted "congratulations to Manchester City on their victory" with no mention of Haaland at all. The subtweet energy is immaculate.
Moment 3: The Ref Show — Everton's Disallowed Winner
Everton scored what they thought was a 92nd-minute winner against Spurs. VAR intervened for a foul in the buildup that happened 45 seconds before the goal. Forty-five seconds. In a different phase of play. The rules say VAR can only go back to the start of the attacking phase. Apparently "attacking phase" now includes half the match.
r/Everton top comment: "I'm not saying the Premier League has an agenda against Everton. I'm just saying if 15 decisions go against you in a season, it's not bad luck" — u/COYB1878
Twitter's best take: @EvertonHub posted a 12-tweet thread breaking down every VAR decision against them this season with video evidence. It got 30k likes and a reply from Gary Lineker that just said "ouch."
The parody account: @PremierLeagueVAR (parody) tweeted: "Goal disallowed. Reason: Everton." 45k likes. The official Premier League account did not find it funny.
Moment 4: Bellingham's Post-Match Interview
After Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Atlético, Jude Bellingham was asked about Antoine Griezmann's pre-match comments that Madrid "get favorable decisions." Bellingham's response: "I don't speak French." Griezmann is French. The interviewer was speaking English. The shade was multilingual.
r/realmadrid: "Bellingham just ended a man's career in a language he doesn't speak" (6.8k upvotes, gilded 14 times)
Twitter: The clip was viewed 8 million times in six hours. @ChampionsLeague quote-tweeted it with a popcorn emoji. The admin is ungovernable.
The r/soccer "Shitpost of the Week"
Every week r/soccer crowns an unofficial winner. This week it went to u/MoyesiahForever who posted a photoshopped image of Pep Guardiola's face on Gordon Ramsay's body with the caption "WHERE IS THE PASSION? IT'S RAW!" after City's training footage leaked showing a very calm Pep explaining tactics. The thread has 850 comments and became a meme template within hours. Even City's admin commented "delete this" with a laughing emoji. Beautiful.