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Twitter has a field day with the #Pogba emoji after his handball nightmare against Liverpool

Published 17:49 15 Jan 2017 GMT

Updated 17:51 15 Jan 2017 GMT

Rob Burnett
Twitter has a field day with the #Pogba emoji after his handball nightmare against Liverpool

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They say timing is everything when it comes to comedy.

And Paul Pogba has just proved the old adage is absolutely true. On Friday the French international became the only player in the Premier League with his own official emoji: He revealed it himself on his Twitter feed on Friday: https://twitter.com/paulpogba/status/819953071157641220 Unfortunately, he followed it up by having something of a 'mare against Liverpool on Sunday, culminating in a needless handball in the penalty area, with James Milner converting the resulting spot-kick to put the visitors in the lead in their crunch clash at Old Trafford. Needless to say, Twitter was sympathetic to the 23-year-old midfielder... https://twitter.com/Icecuute/status/820678956059947008 https://twitter.com/degsy380/status/820680691092455425 https://twitter.com/ETNAR_uk/status/820669384343621636 https://twitter.com/elitebellerin/status/820679710212558851

This was a common theme...

https://twitter.com/IwobiFlick/status/820680655721873409 https://twitter.com/stevemarriott91/status/820683868890136576 https://twitter.com/callon7/status/820683837390864384

And so was this:

https://twitter.com/WHYLER_FOREST/status/820681790406950915 https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/820669219197120514

But this one said it all...

https://twitter.com/AddictedToCFC/status/820674363796164608

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Twitter has a field day with the #Pogba emoji after his handball nightmare against Liverpool