One of the best/worst things about the internet is when you make a mistake, and there is no shortage of smartarses out there to tell you exactly where you went wrong. Usually this is a typo or grammatical error that your mates enjoy correcting you on.
But that's just us mere mortals. We can only imagine what it would be like to be a famous footballer with over 70,000 Twitter followers - each and every one ready and waiting to correct you if and when you slip with the odd gaff.
Unluckily for Manchester City midfielder Fernando, he dropped a right clanger.
To mark #tbt (or 'Throwback Thursday' when people like to reminisce) he posted an image of himself and his fellow City players celebrating winning a cup last season. Unfortunately for him, he seemed to think it was the FA Cup they had won.
https://twitter.com/Fernando_Reges/status/753652040824397824
It was of course the less prestigious Capital One Cup that was added to the Etihad trophy cabinet - with the FA Cup being won by arch-rivals Manchester United. As you can imagine, he got one or two replies to point that out...
https://twitter.com/Keith_Russell/status/753658366417920000
https://twitter.com/brandonlangley/status/753668891549769730
https://twitter.com/ffsmemphis/status/753653502157680640
https://twitter.com/dazarooney99/status/753663963750170624
https://twitter.com/saramufc19/status/753656752948801536
https://twitter.com/fotball_fan/status/753671468781801477
https://twitter.com/arvind_mufc/status/753667526169681920
https://twitter.com/JaemsCruwdur/status/753654878308708353
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