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title: "Leicester City: Fans fume at Premier League’s Riyad Mahrez tweet"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leicester-city-fans-fume-at-premier-leagues-riyad-mahrez-tweet/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Goodwin"
section: "Leicester"
published: "2019-12-04T16:55:58Z"
modified: "2020-03-30T15:44:40Z"
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# Leicester City: Fans fume at Premier League’s Riyad Mahrez tweet

**Loads of Leicester fans have reacted angrily to a tweet from the official Premier League Twitter account, which showed some of Riyad Mahrez’s record-breaking goals, but with a catch.**

The former Foxes star is of course the record-holder for most goals by an Algerian in the Premier League, breaching 50 with his effort for champions Manchester City against Burnley on Tuesday night.

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The wing wizard scored City’s fourth and final goal in a 4-1 win, cutting past a Clarets defender in vintage Mahrez style and drilling a low finish beyond Nick Pope.

Annoyingly to plenty of Leicester fans though, the Premier League’s tweet to acknowledge his 50-goal feat had some glaring omissions, as not a single Foxes goal was included in the highlights reel they posted.

https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1201996142009032704

Indeed, [39 of Mahrez’s 50 strikes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/riyad-mahrez/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/171424) in the top-flight came in the Midlands, meaning just 22% of the efforts that earned him his 50-goal landmark came in a sky blue shirt.

You can find some rather outraged Twitter reactions down below…

> Ignore the 3 years and 39 goals for leicester then.
>
> — Kris Williams (@krislcfc) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/krislcfc/status/1202052180167053312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Never played a good 3 seasons for us in the premier league aye…. ‍♂️
>
> — Gtopliss97 (@GregRae7) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/GregRae7/status/1201996951623000072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Played for man city for 5 minutes. Where are the highlights of the time he was at Leicester or doesn’t that count because we’re not man city?
>
> — (@DaleG\_\_) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/DaleG__/status/1202005955321442304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Extremely weird to exclude the 39 he scored for Leicester City. ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯
>
> — Ian Bradley (@ianbradley85) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/ianbradley85/status/1201999000452419584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s almost like we don’t exist
>
> — Matty Williamson (@mattyfromle) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/mattyfromle/status/1202031888958971904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> None of them amazing leicester goals cuz it doesn’t fit the premier leagues narrative
>
> — Warren LCFC Matchworn (@LCFC\_Matchworn) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/LCFC_Matchworn/status/1202001071394213889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Can’t stand fact Leicester City are spoiling big boys league again can you
>
> — 92Ⓢtonesy (@92stonesy) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/92stonesy/status/1202148865983569920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Backstabbing rat!!! No longer a Leicester legend. Get in the Dennis wise bin.
>
> — LCSPEEDDEMON (@LCSPEEDDEMON2) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/LCSPEEDDEMON2/status/1202184090562248704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Absolute joke and so disrespectful to [@LCFC](https://twitter.com/LCFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), true colors shown there!
>
> — andrew ray (@andrewray10) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/andrewray10/status/1202060565990068226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)