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27th Feb 2016

Michail Antonio pays tribute to Homer Simpson with brilliantly bizarre goal celebration

At least we think he did

Robert Redmond

It’s about time a footballer used this as a goal celebration.

The Simpsons’ episode “Last Exit to Springfield” is almost 23 years old, yet no footballer has ever thought of celebrating like Homer when he scored a victory over Mr. Burns for the power plant union.a9018968c018a2503a94d5c8b844871cUntil now…GettyImages-512615622Michail Antonio scored the only goal as West Ham United beat Sunderland in the early Premier League kick-off on Saturday.

And the winger decided enough was enough, someone had to pay tribute to Homer’s celebration.

Or at least that’s how Twitter saw it.

https://twitter.com/CarrickRole/status/703573875850743808

https://twitter.com/WestHamLondon/status/703573849930121218

https://twitter.com/ScotM87/status/703573743482904576

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