Twitter went into meltdown nearly as fast as United last night

Wed, 27 Aug, 2014 - 11:10

Grainne McGuinness

Man United fans couldn’t quite believe their eyes as they watched the side taken apart by League One side MK Dons last night.

Unfortunately for them, they weren’t the only ones watching, and boy did the anti-United brigade have fun last night.

Naturally enough a lot of the jokes featured the Red Devils’ record new signing, £60m Angel Di Maria.

Di Maria to his agent. " Yeah. Yeah. I got Manchester bit but City, right ? It was City we signed to ? Tell me it was City, ffs". #manutd
— Emmett Keane (@EmmettKeane) August 26, 2014

#FreeDiMaria pic.twitter.com/8ydlGfigEN
— Gayri (@gayrihere) August 26, 2014

The difference between the finances of the two clubs had to get a mention.

MK Dons squad cost £235k, less than Rooney's weekly wage
— Professor Arsenal (@RichardGooner) August 26, 2014

It wasn’t long before a certain former manager “appeared”...

Imagine after this game Van Gaal takes off his mask and it's Moyes and he laughs and runs away pic.twitter.com/MzUUahHAR1
— mus (@mustyafridi) August 26, 2014

.. while some suggested the result might actually be part of a cunning plan by the current manager

Perhaps it's prudent of LVG to sacrifice a cup run in order to ensure survival in the Premier League.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) August 26, 2014

United’s humiliation was complete when former sworn enemy Jamie Carragher didn’t even have the heart to jeer them but offered genuine analysis of the result.

Admire Van Gaal for giving youth a chance, but having not won a game yet and no European football this season should have gone stronger.
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) August 26, 2014

But Manchester City’s Edin Dzeko didn’t attempt to hide his delight.