Tottenham players very deliberately did not post any selfies after their progress.
Tottenham reached the last 16 of the Champions League this week by holding Barcelona to a draw.
Avoiding dropping into the Europa League was equally worthy of celebration, with Tottenham turning around a campaign which began with two group stage defeats.
Tottenham fans at the Nou Camp celebrated wildly.
The players showed considerably more restraint.
This appears to have been a deliberately orchestrated course of action after Mauricio Pochettino criticised Arsenal for their players’ behaviour after the 4-2 North London derby win.
He asked why the players posted selfies on social media as if they had won a trophy.
Pochettino told Sky Sports: “Personally, I don’t like. I don’t like. Obviously if you win a trophy like I won when I was a player, it is a moment to celebrate.”
Arsenal fans hit back, pointing out that Tottenham’s players had posted selfies after previous results themselves.
After the draw at Barcelona, there were no dressing room pictures from the players posted on social media of the team posing and celebrating.
This course of change appears to have been directed from Pochettino, who would have been made to look really silly if his players had done it, so quickly after his rebuke of Arsenal.
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