Manchester United's Response to Anthony Martial's Thierry Henry Legend Tweet Goes Viral

Published on: 14 October 2016

It seems that one of the primary uses of the social media accounts of Premier League clubs is to get one over on their rivals and Manchester United's recent tweet is no different.


United forward Anthony Martial uploaded a selfie with former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, captioning it with #legend.

#legend pic.twitter.com/W7K9qXmuk1

Whilst Martial's post achieved several thousand likes and retweets, it was Manchester United's response on Twitter has gained more notoriety.

@AnthonyMartial And what about the guy behind you? 😉

As expected, there was a mixed reaction to United's response, Red Devils fans were in approval of it and joined in the banter.

@ManUtd @AnthonyMartial What a tweet

@AnthonyMartial Yea but who's that wannabe with you?

Some United fans even suggesting that Henry wasn't all he was cracked up to be.

One of the best strikers in French History along with @ThierryHenry @anthonymartial

However, Gunners fans were not too pleased with the United tweet and a backlash occurred, with Gooners getting in on the Twitter action, such as this user who replied with a video showing a great goal Henry scored against United.

@ManUtd @AnthonyMartial
You know him pic.twitter.com/HX5Mh7me7a

As well as other Arsenal fans who were reminding United fans of what their star striker had inflicted on them.

@ManUtd @AnthonyMartial
I think he look like this guy ... not sure if it's him 🤔 pic.twitter.com/YfDOTxOl3a


.@ManUtd @AnthonyMartial pic.twitter.com/KRZAMs5sf3

Keep the Twitter game strong guys.

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