FOOTIE fans reckon Declan Rice had a “Gary Lineker” moment in Arsenal’s win over Porto.
Rice anchored the Gunners’ midfield in their Champions League last-16 triumph over the Portuguese giants.
But the unfortunate placing of some mud on his shorts ended up being one of the big talking points after the match.
A streak of mud and some grass on his backside had football fans joking that the England international had pooed himself.
One wrote on X: “Did Declan Rice s**t his pants?”
Another said: “No wayyyy.”
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And another said: “Eww, that man s**t his pants.”
One remarked: “Declan Rice’s bowels think he’s Gary Lineker.”
Another chimed in: “Is Declan Rice the new Gary Lineker?”
Most sensible footie fans, however, were quick to blast suggestions Rice had done a number two.
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One wrote: “It’s literally from the ground.”
Another said: “It’s mud.”
And another said: “No mate that’s mud.”
Match of the Day presenter and former Barcelona hitman Gary Lineker famously lost control of his bowels during England’s 1990 World Cup opener against Ireland.
Recalling the incident, he said: “I’d been ill overnight and it was the opening day of the cup and I’d woken up a few times with diarrhoea, etc.
“I didn’t want to tell Bobby Robson because I thought he might leave me out of the team, and I wanted to play, as always.
“Anyway the game started and I was alright, then about 20 minutes I started cramping.
“Somehow I made it through to half-time and I thought I’d be alright.
“The ball went left down the Irish left hand side and I ran across and tried to block something.
“I sort of fell to the ground and relaxed for a second and it just went ‘boom’.
“It was like, ‘Oh my god,’ but it was everywhere.”
Arsenal booked their place in the quarter-finals of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time in 14 years thanks to a shootout victory after a 1-1 draw on aggregate.
When asked if he was confident going into the shootout, manager Mikel Arteta said: “‘No, [I wasn’t].
“Because practising in the training ground, a few of them missed by the way yesterday, not today.
“We prepare everything, the extra-time, the scenarios, the changes, how the players have to drink and eat.
“And all that and in the end, you have to do it in the game, and to replicate the scenarios is really difficult.
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“Total credit to the boys, stepping up with maturity, with that confidence and they delivered.”
The North Londoners will learn their fate for the last eight on Friday afternoon.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
