Absolutely nobody is buying Joleon Lescott’s excuse for that ill-advised tweet

We've all been there.

Driving in our swanky car with our swanky (buttonless) smartphone in our back pocket. Then the phone gets a mind of its own, googles the image of a Mercedes, saves it to the photo library, opens the Twitter app, attaches the picture and sends it out to 822,000 people. Believable, right? Well that's the excuse that Joleon Lescott is sticking to after he posted the above tweet after Aston Villa had just been hammered 6-0 by Liverpool. Shockingly, supporters weren't buying it.

@JoleonLescott HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH THAT EXCUSE MATE

— ️ (@Mastour) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott So while your phone was in your pocket, it searched Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe, saved a pic, and then tweeted it out? Riiiight... — James (@GoofyVillain) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott hahaha course it was you plum, the old pocket shout

— Rob Falkner (@DBFalks87) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott Bulshit — West Ham COYI (@TheHammers_) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott you're dull as fuck pal, if you think that Story is believable.

— Blomqvists Left Foot (@TheRealJayC) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott I tweeted this whole response from my pocket... — Jack 'Pie' McDermott (@the_pieface) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott Well that's the worst excuse I have ever heard.

— Cellan Thomas (@BlahBlahSCFC) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott sorry phone was in my pocket didn't mean to send this picture pic.twitter.com/tNUSiHMQax — Darren Ford (@darrenford23) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott driving along, phone unlocks itself, gets a pic of your new car, decides to open up Twitter and tweet it! I need that phone!

— Bakes (@bakes_8) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott fucking bullshit, how can you tweet a picture accidentally? — // J o r d a n // (@Jordann1874) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott That excuse is as laughable as your defending

— Mac (@ItsAaronYaKnow) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott Liar — Fruity Buckmaster (@tourandting) February 14, 2016

.@JoleonLescott pic.twitter.com/YEHEaV8nme

— K (@Knightman1986) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott you defend sending a tweet better than you defend on the pitch — Callum Wilde (@WildeCallum_) February 14, 2016

@JoleonLescott pic.twitter.com/h5BHedFoeD

— dave (@Mutchiebluenose) February 14, 2016