‘So easy’ – Neal Maupay mocks ‘raging’ Tottenham reaction to ‘goated’ darts celebration
Brentford striker Neal Maupay says it was ‘so easy’ to wind up the Tottenham team in the wake of his recent spat with James Maddison.
Maupay appeared to annoy the Spurs midfielder when copying his trademark dart-throwing celebration after opening the scoring for Brentford against Tottenham last month.
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Maddison hit back at the Frenchman after Spurs came from behind to win 3-2, by claiming Maupay has not scored enough goals in his career to have a trademark celebration of his own.
“I just said to him he probably hasn’t scored enough goals of his own in the last few years to have his own celebration so he had to copy mine.” the England international told TNT Sports.
“Short story, but it ended well for us anyway.”
After a short period of social media handbags, the conflict eventually died down. That was until Maupay appeared to reignite the feud during a discussion around the Premier League’s most iconic wind-up moments.
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His darts celebration was among the standout moments and the striker admits it was ‘funny’ to see Maddison become offended by his imitation.
“Believe it or not, that wasn’t planned,” .
“I scored and as I was running, I thought I’m going to throw a dart. He celebrates his goals like that, but apparently you’re not allowed to throw a dart, it’s only him that can do it. The way he got offended, it was quite funny.
“Big man [Ivan Toney] got away with it because he did it as well but everyone went for me. That’s class, I can’t lie.
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“It would have been better if we had won. But at their place in front of their fans, got all their players raging – that’s goated.
“Just by throwing a dart I got 11 players on toast,” he added. “It was so easy.
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“It’s mad how easy it is, but I’m just having fun, for me it is fun. Football is a game and I’m trying to enjoy myself.”
The only thing missing from Maupay’s night of trolling in north London was the three points which would have seen struggling Brentford further clear of the relegation battle they find themselves in.
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He joined Brentford in 2017 and spent two seasons at the club before making the switch to Brighton where he became their all-time Premier League scorer.
But an ill-fated spell at Everton followed, scoring just once in 32 appearances after an £11million transfer.
Maupay returned to Brentford on loan last summer and has recaptured some of his old form having netted six goals in 23 league appearances this term.
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