Twitter reacts to Man City win, Old Firm derby, US Open and Golovkin’s latest KO
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Lee Gormley | September 11, 2016
Twitter reacts to weekend’s sporting action
It was another enthralling weekend of sporting action, kicking off with electrifying derby day drama in both Manchester and Glasgow, before the US Open provided thrills on the court and a pulsating fight took place in London.
After Manchester City and Celtic’s respective derby wins, as well as there being a British winner crowned in the US Open and Gennady Golovkin delivering on his promise to give boxing fans a Big Drama Show, Coral bring you the best online Twitter reaction from the weekend…
Manchester derby
Saturday saw the Manchester derby take centre stage in the Premier League, with Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola renewing their rivalry at Old Trafford…
Guardiola and Mourinho are two of Europe's finest managers.
How do they compare? #DerbyDay pic.twitter.com/sGfU438WH2— Coral (@Coral) September 10, 2016
It was Belgium international Kevin De Bruyne that opened the scoring, finishing off a quick-fire move from the visiting Sky Blues…
Beautiful football. #ManchesterDerby pic.twitter.com/xDQaY380lJ
— City Vines (@City_Vines) September 10, 2016
Kelechi Iheanacho added a second for Guardiola’s men…
Kelechi Iheanacho: “It is a dream for me to play in the derby and to score the winning goal." pic.twitter.com/udcC2ceQVZ
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) September 10, 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimovic eventually got one back for the hosts, creating history once more…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic becomes first player in history to score in El Clasico, Milan Derby, Derby d'Italia, Barcelona Derby & Manchester Derby!
— Football Expose (@FootballExpose) September 10, 2016
Claudio Bravo was at fault for the big Swede’s strike, though, with Joe Hart possibly watching on in delight in Italy…
SUMMARY: Cladio Bravo's performance in The Manchester Derby.
pic.twitter.com/kLDmSM2w92— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) September 10, 2016
Despite returning to the club for a world-record fee, Manchester United’s Paul Pogba was unable to get a foothold in the derby with an underwhelming performance…
Here's Paul Pogba's highlights from the #ManchesterDerby: pic.twitter.com/wzkOy8qMX2
— Coral (@Coral) September 10, 2016
It was an afternoon to forget for Man Utd and Mourinho, with City now top of the table at this early stage of the Premier League season…
Jose Mourinho has still been sacked more times than he's beaten Pep Guardiola… #ManchesterDerby pic.twitter.com/IWZW1740SG
— BigSport (@BigSportGB) September 10, 2016
Old Firm derby
Over in Glasgow, the Old Firm derby was taking place and it turned out to be a great day for Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic, as they rampantly rallied to a 5-1 victory at home…
FULL TIME: Celtic 5-1 Rangers.
Brendan Rodger's first Old Firm.https://t.co/JA4BheiRZO
— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) September 10, 2016
Bhoys summer signing Moussa Dembele wrote himself into the history books as he hit a hat-trick at Parkhead…
WATCH: Moussa Dembele completes a hat-trick in the Old Firm derby. Watch on SS2 or follow https://t.co/Jmpka4ocJE https://t.co/7jfu6ExvuJ
— Sky Football (@SkyFootball) September 10, 2016
No player has scored a hat trick in an Old Firm game since Ally McCoist in 1983/84
Could Dembele change that today? pic.twitter.com/cbVnrjnHZ9
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) September 10, 2016
Joey Barton had raised tensions before the derby, claiming he was a league above Scott Brown, but the latter Hoops midfielder had the perfect response following his side’s comfortable win…
Scott Brown says it was "Men against Boys" with Joey Barton pic.twitter.com/jtcS2t1o4o
— Farce (@Farce1111) September 10, 2016
Just seen the Celtic score. All the big talk, can’t back it up.
“Who’s Scott Brown”
HH
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) September 10, 2016
Barton may well be staying off Twitter for a while…
Joey Barton yet to tweet about the game as he's unable to get signal in Scott Brown's pocket
— Oldfirmfacts (@Oldfirmfacts1) September 10, 2016
Joey Barton marking Scott Brown today.#Celtic pic.twitter.com/wvhQuZWTJ3
— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) September 11, 2016
A good start for Rodgers in his maiden Old Firm derby, as Celtic extended their lead at the Scottish Premiership summit…
Scott Brown cupping his ear to Joey Barton as he goes to celebrate Celtic's second goal this afternoon.. pic.twitter.com/I4YUy2B6qZ
— talkingbaws (@talkingbaws) September 10, 2016
US Open
Angelique Kerber won the women’s singles US Open, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4…
US OPEN CHAMPION!!! WOW, I DID IT!!! pic.twitter.com/YpWv5A7jaM
— Angelique Kerber (@AngeliqueKerber) September 10, 2016
Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, and compatriot of Kerber, was full of praise for the new champion…
A fantastic year: 2 Grand Slams, Olympic silver medallist, new World No. 1! Congrats, @AngeliqueKerber #USOpen pic.twitter.com/E9TPYkfrxv
— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) September 10, 2016
Angelique #Kerber casually skipping around with the #USOpen trophy. #TeamAngie pic.twitter.com/nlrX2utA6S
— Patrick (@RatedRHero) September 11, 2016
In the doubles, Jamie Murray secured a British victory alongside Brazil’s Bruno Soares…
A second Grand Slam win of the year for Jamie Murray!#USOpen doubles championhttps://t.co/kS23WRAfwb pic.twitter.com/kmM7bm1XDY
— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) September 11, 2016
Congratulations @jamie_murray incredible!
— James Corden (@JKCorden) September 10, 2016
Jamie moving out of brother Andy’s shadow now…
Jamie Murray: I'm starting to move out of Andy's shadows a little bit! https://t.co/vrZM8a4bTi
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) September 10, 2016
Bring it in for a hug, bro! We just won the #usopen! @BrunoSoares82 @jamie_murray pic.twitter.com/RZAJOdTKcc
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 10, 2016
Golovkin stops Brook
Dominant middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin earned his 23rd successive stoppage victory when halting Britain’s Kell Brook in the fifth round of their clash at the O2 Arena in London…
Rd 5: The towel comes in from Brook's corner! GGG wins!
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) September 10, 2016
WATCH: @GGGBoxing says @SpecialKBrook is no middleweight & claims he didn't feel his punches https://t.co/DUiUE0sLQz https://t.co/JO3WsrVzAT
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) September 11, 2016
‘GGG’ will now be looking for another opponent. So what’s next for the heavily avoided Golovkin?
Everyone at middleweight when GGG is looking for an opponent pic.twitter.com/4En0kxv6eL
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) September 10, 2016
Brook put on a brave showing against the bigger, stronger fighter, giving the capital crowd plenty to shout about when catching ‘GGG’ early on…
Brook uppercut on GGG in rd 2 https://t.co/r6jlAUGHzk
— MMA & BOXING VIDEOS (@RingSide_TV) September 10, 2016
Golovkin’s power shone through and earned another brutal knockout victory, but Brook earned plenty of plaudits…
Great effort by Kell, done himself proud. Dom Ingle should never have been booed. I thought GGG was more impressive than what people r sayin
— anthony crolla (@ant_crolla) September 10, 2016
@SpecialKBrook just showed exactly what it's gonna take to beat GGG! Done better than anyone thought he could. Kell at 154lbs is gonna be
— Tony Bellew (@TonyBellew) September 10, 2016
Kell Brook showed how to beat GGG last night. But, who could sustain that for 12 rounds? No one IMO.
GGG is a throwback. Destruct & destroy.— Paul Smith Jnr (@PaulSmithJnr) September 11, 2016
The returning Manny Pacquiao was also watching on…
Great heart shown by both @GGGBoxing and @SpecialKBrook Congrats to GGG. He is a beast #GGGBrook
— Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) September 10, 2016
Big respect to @SpecialKBrook stepping up 2 weights to fight GGG. Done himself proud!
— Joe Calzaghe (@RealJoeCalzaghe) September 10, 2016
Brook’s trainer Dominic Ingle got some stick after the bout for pulling Brook out in the fifth, but it was clear his decision was the right one, with Golovkin having broke the Sheffield fighter’s eye socket…
Thanks for the messages re @SpecialKBrook now left hospital – confirmed broken eye socket op on Monday in Sheffield pic.twitter.com/8sFu4bfN9i
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) September 11, 2016
Chris Eubank Jr was quick to call ‘GGG’ out… again…
@GGGBoxing if you want a fight with a real British Middleweight… come get some. My corner don't own towels. pic.twitter.com/gPJWSqwEDm
— Chris Eubank Jr (@ChrisEubankJr) September 10, 2016
When Eubank Jr tries to find the pen to sign the deal with GGG: https://t.co/87MmOOgqqO
— Coral (@Coral) September 11, 2016
