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From 'Dip it like Dier' to Roy 'Rob'son: How Twitter reacted to England's draw with Russia
Twitteratti once again were at their best trolling England football team and their manager for once again failing to come good at the big stage.

England's European Championship campaign didn't get off to the best possible start as a late goal from Russia's Vasili Berezutski meant the Three Lions had to settle for a 1-1 draw in Marseille on Sunday. The Englishmen who had never won their opening game in a European Championship before, seemed motivated to get the monkey off the back, but had nothing to show for a vibrant first-half display.In the second half, England staved off an early Russian recovery to hit the front in the 73rd minute through a stunning free-kick from Tottenham Hotspur's Eric Dier. But just as when it appeared that England would break the age-old jinx of failing to win their opening Euro encounter, Berezutski struck in stoppage time to break English hearts.The English fans were left with a bad taste in the mouth despite seeing their team dominate most parts of the game. But Twitteratti were once again at their best, trolling England football team and their manager for failing to come good at the big stage.The day however started with some Grammar Nazism.England failed to make the breakthrough despite making a good start and it was beginning to be like the same old story for the Three Lions. Surprisingly Harry Kane was on corner duty and Twitter just couldn't handle it.It was a set-piece though which did the trick for England but it was not Kane scoring directly from the corner. Instead, Eric Dier, one of Kane's five Tottenham Hotspur team-mates in the England line-up stepped up to fire a scorching free-kick in the 73rd minute. England fans went crazy. They just found the 'next Beckham'Perhaps these were the emotions England fans went through when Eric Dier was poised to take that free-kickHistoric!But Russia equalized late in the game and England fans turned on their favourite scapegoat - Roy 'Woy' HodgsonAnything goes wrong, blame it on LvG, that's the new 'philosophy'When legends had their sayAnd were made to look like foolsSome still tried to find some joy out of the disappointing result. Had to be a Liverpool fan!
First Published:Jun 12, 2016, 15:00:08 IST
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