Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach have engaged in something of a Twitter war, after the Bundesliga club compared their fitness coach to Joe Hart!
Markus Muller played in goal in training with the club's first choice absent and, after a fine stop, Gladbach couldn't resist a dig at Hart, writing: "Not a bad stop either, Markus! Practically Joe Hart with a beard, except the ball didn't go in."
City, though, responded in kind with a video clip of Hart saving a penalty during the two sides' clash in Germany, with the caption: "Nice save! What do you think of this one? It didn't go in either..."
Not a bad stop either, Markus! Practically Joe Hart with a beard, except the ball didn't go in pic.twitter.com/ExidkGUd3F
— Gladbach (@borussia_en) July 18, 2016
Gladbach, not to be outdone, responded with a nod to one of Hart's commercial partners, with a cheeky tweet reading: "Fair enough, lads. We don't mind admitting he was head and shoulders above on that day."
It is not the first time City have engaged in Twitter activity like that on Monday, previously announcing the signing of Ilkay Gundogan after the midfielder had sent the club a tweet, with the words "announce Gundogan".
Dortmund subsequently issued a pointed statement, saying that the midfielder "will leave the eight-time German champions to join Manchester City, who finished fourth in the Premier League last season." - Goal