Stoke City Take Hilarious Twitter Dig at Manchester City Following Dodgy Wi-Fi Incident

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Manchester City boast one of the finest bank balances in world football. They splash millions of poundsin search of having the best;the best players, the best training facilities, but when it comes to the best internet connection...it appears to be adifferent story.

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Stoke City have launched a hilarioustwitter jibe at Manchester City following a dodgy wi-fi connection at their £200mstate-of-the-art training ground. The Potters took aim with the joke during their 6-0 under-18's FA Cup loss on Thursday night.


Stoke posted on

https://twitter.com/stokecity/status/840276003054354438

— (@stokecity)

" target="_blank">Twitterduring the defeat:£200m training ground but we're struggling to get basic wi-fi.�

At @ManCity's £200m training complex, we're struggling to get basic wi-fi. Apologies for the trouble with updates tonight.

The tweetcame just days after Stoke played Pep Guardiola's first-teamers at the Etihad in the Premier League. Ironically, both teams failed to find the net, resultingin a 0-0 draw.


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Stoke didn't stop there. They took one final dig at City's slow internet connection with a reference to their former striker Jon Parkin - remembered by fans for being somewhat overweight and lacking any kind ofspeed.

@ManCity Uploading media failed ï'ˆ Jon Parkin moved quicker than this wi-fi

It's goalless here, in case you were wondering. pic.twitter.com/UBdhpo4xXq

The complaint from Stoke's official Twitter account drew attention on social media - including some angry replies from City supporters.

@stokecity @ManCity you obviously never heard that Pep banned wi-fi apart from certain areas in the training complex. Btw, we're stuffing u