Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray took a jibe at British broadcaster Piers Morgan after Argentina beat Mexico 2-0 in its second Group C match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on the Lusail Stadium on Saturday.
Argentina had suffered a shock 1-2 defeat by the hands of Saudi Arabia in its match opener regardless of Messi’s objective.
Murray tagged Morgan whereas tweeting a photograph of Argentina captain Lionel Messi, who scored the primary objective whereas offered the help for the second, together with the caption “Oops.” This comes within the aftermath of an earlier tweet from Morgan the place he had known as Ronaldo the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) with an emoji after the Portugal striker scored towards Ghana to assist his aspect safe a 3-2 win.
“I can see why you like him… both the 2nd best players in your sport to come from your own country. #maradona #perry,” tweeted Morgan in response, referring 1986 World cup winner Diego Maradona as the perfect Argentina soccer participant and Fred Perry, former World No. 1 and eight-time Grand Slam winner, as the perfect British tennis participant.
Murray and Morgan had beforehand a Twitter spat in 2021 after former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, then a youngster, was compelled to withdraw from her fourth-round match towards Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic at Wimbledon because of problem in respiration.
Morgan had backed former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe after he bought flak for criticising Raducanu, asking her to toughen up. Morgan had then tweeted, “McEnroe told the truth. Ms Raducunu’s a talented player but couldn’t handle the pressure & quit when she was losing badly. Not ‘brave’, just a shame. If I were her, I’d tell my fans to stop abusing McEnroe, & seek his advice on how to toughen up & become a champion like he was,” to which Murray replied, “Think this is a very harsh take on the situation Piers.”
Morgan lately performed an explosive interview with Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal captain and all-time prime scorer in males’s soccer, days earlier than the World Cup in Qatar started. As a results of the interview through which Ronaldo criticised Manchester United, its supervisor Erik Ten Hag and house owners, the Glazer household, the Premier League membership terminated his contract.