Tottenham Hotspur has been forced to apologise over a tweet mocking Liverpool’s draw with Crystal Palace yesterday.
The tweet, which was sent from the team’s official account, read: “Brutal but very funny. The biggest capitulation since Newcastle in the 90s”.
It also contained a link to a video showing clips of Liverpool’s defeat to Chelsea.
Following complaints from angry Liverpool fans, the tweet was deleted, with Spurs claiming the account had been hacked.
Spurs said: “We are currently looking into a security issue where our official Vine account has been compromised.
“We apologise to anyone offended by a recent tweet, which was immediately deleted. This post was not tweeted by anyone affiliated to THFC.”
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