Manchester United's final Premier League game of the season against Bournemouth has been abandoned owing to the discovery of a 'suspect package' in the North West corner of Old Trafford. There is no indication when the game will be played. Greater Manchester Police have confirmed in the last few moments that the device was an 'elaborate hoax', so thankfully nobody has been hurt, and United facilitated an extremely smooth and successful evacuation.
Despite the obvious disappointment at not getting to see their side play, Manchester United fans online responded with the sense of humour that makes football such an important human pursuit, as they took to twitter to imagine what the game would have looked like had it not been cancelled as a result of the whims of a moron. They used #TweetLikeTheGameIsOn, and some of the contributions were fantastic:
Second half started, still no shots on target for United. Rooney tried to chip the keeper but failed miserably. #tweetlikethegameison
— Zubair (@zubairg) May 15, 2016
Teams out for the second half.
No sign of Rashford. Looks like a swap with Jones. #philosophy
#tweetlikethegameison— Lara Bridges (@larabridges) May 15, 2016
#tweetlikethegameison Penalty to United! Rooney to Martial Martial to Carrick Carrick to Smalling and back to De Gea #MUFC
— Gogo San (@TheGogoSan) May 15, 2016
0-0 half time #TweetLikeTheGameIsOn
— Matty (@matty_90_) May 15, 2016
And, yet again, it's 0-0 at HT at Old Trafford.
Stats: 0 shots on target
3 #DaveSaves
1 Fellaini Grievous Bodily Harm#tweetlikethegameison— Rory Flanagan (@Rory_Flanagan) May 15, 2016
Camera pans to Depay on the bench, who is quite content not giving a shit. #tweetlikethegameison
— SB (@nosebip) May 15, 2016
United have 99% possession. Still 0-0 #tweetlikethegameison
— grumpynortherncynic (@grumpynorthernc) May 15, 2016
Unreal save by De Gea to keep us in the game. 10 mins to go, still 0-1 Bournemouth #tweetlikethegameison
— Enda Higgins (@endahiggins88) May 15, 2016
Schneiderlin plays a ball back to Rooney who tries a 40 yard diagonal ball to Martial but it goes out of play... #tweetlikethegameison
— Andrew Galloway (@andrewgalloway1) May 15, 2016
Never thought I'd say this, but we miss Fellaini's physical presence in midfield #tweetlikethegameison
— Moussa (@_Moussa) May 15, 2016
Nice shot on Sky of Fergie and Mourinho watching from the stands
Must be hard for #LVG to manage with him in the wings#tweetlikethegameison— Lara Bridges (@larabridges) May 15, 2016
What the hell is LVG writing down now ? #tweetlikethegameison
— Paul (@ericisking7) May 15, 2016
#tweetlikethegameison Blind to Smalling. Back to Blind. Now Blind to De Gea. To Smalling. To Carrick! Back to Blind... #LVGOUT
— 🇮🇱(((Amir Pars))) #LiveNotByLies (@AmirPars_) May 15, 2016
A superb response. Football fans do mordant humour better than anyone.
