Luke Shaw may want to stay away from Twitter for a while after he was bodied by a Manchester United fan after England’s World Cup quarter-final victory.
Gareth Southgate’s men secured their place in the semi-finals of the tournament after an uncharacteristically comfortable 2-0 win over Sweden in Samara on Saturday afternoon.
Harry Maguire and Dele Alli were England’s goalscorers and Jordan Pickford produced the performance of his life as Sweden threatened to work their way back into the match in the second-half.
Pickford was criticised by some for his display against Belgium in Group G but has bounced back in style and was England’s hero in a tense penalty shootout victory over Colombia in the last 16.
Following the Three Lions’ defeat of Sweden, Shaw tried to get involved as ‘#ThingsPickfordCouldSave’ went viral on Twitter.
‘What a lad! Internet, do your thing please: #ThingsPickfordCouldSave,’ the United left-back tweeted.
Little bit of fun, right? WRONG.
Your career at Manchester United.
Southgate praised Pickford for his ‘critical’ saves and distribution following England’s victory.
Asked about the goalkeeper’s performance, Southgate replied: ‘Critical saves at crucial times because a goal at that stage and you’ve got the ball raining in your box for the last 20 minutes.