Funniest footballing moments of 2023

It's really, really great that a sport so loved as football is so unserious.

You can watch goal compilations for hours and appreciate the art and wizardry of the game, but we all love it when the game falls into comedic disrepute.

With the new year on the horizon, come and join us on a trip through 2023 via football's funniest moments.

Danny Welbeck plays hide and seek

Danny Welbeck's goal for Brighton & Hove Albion against Liverpool was commentated on by Gary Taphouse, who came up with a superb line to be taken out of context.

Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United

Why did Manchester United, seven days removed from winning the Carabao Cup, decide to lose 7-0 away to their most bitter of rivals? Why did they do that? For what reason?

Pep Guardiola's obsession with Julia Roberts

If I'm Julia Roberts, I'm considering a restraining order.

Graham Potter will try to win the 'f***ing Champions League'

Graham Potter wanted to "win the f***ing Champions League" with Chelsea. He was sacked before their next European game, with Frank Lampard brought back to lose to Real Madrid.

Antonio Conte tanks his way out of Tottenham

Perhaps the funniest thing about Antonio Conte's final meltdown is that reports the day after it happened claimed he wasn't trying to dig out the club or the ownership.

Good one, Antonio.

Roy Hodgson in a league of his own

What a graphic, honestly. No notes.

Scotland rattle Rodri

If I were a Spain international, I would simply not allow my great and historic nation to lose 2-0 to Scotland.

Jurgen Klopp celebrates Mohamed Salah's missed penalty

The lesson in all this is you should just have the bottle to watch your own team take a penalty.

The world's best goalkeeper is Barney Gumble

"Hello, I'm Emi Martinez, and I am the world's greatest s***house."

"Mr Martinez, this is a Girl Scout meeting."

"Is it? Or is it that you girls can't admit you have a problem?"

Ivan Perisic makes a meme of Virgil van Dijk

Extremely Gary Neville voice: Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Jurgen Klopp's instant karma

Liverpool would go on to win this game 4-3 in the last minute. Jurgen Klopp took out his pent-up frustration on the fourth official and paid the price for it.

Guti is sad

Thanks Real Madrid, Guti's crying, nice one.

Frank Lampard

A two-second clip does not get any more 'no but seriously' than this.

Bournemouth bite back

If you can walk the walk, then you're allowed to talk the talk. Fair play, Bournemouth.

Sam Allardyce finds a fiver

Classic Big Sam. Can't take him anywhere!

Sandro Tonali goes to Wetherspoons

"One reservation at your finest British establishment, please."

Chelsea and Liverpool's back-and-forth over Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia

Liverpool thought they had Moises Caicedo. They didn't. They thought they had Romeo Lavia. They didn't.

Still, at least Jurgen Klopp sees the bright side of this saga now.

Stone Cold Danny Ings

BAW GAWD, THAT'S DANNY INGS' MUSIC.

Anything said by Ange Postecoglou

You're always due at least one good soundbite from any given Ange Postecoglou press conference. And not in a self-deprecating Jose Mourinho way.

Peter Crouch's crossbar challenge

Couldn't leave this one out, really.

"Well done boys, good process."

It is the single greatest VAR blunder in English football history. But it's very, very funny.

Dan Burn vs Kylian Mbappe

Football truly is the sport of opportunity.

The Arsenal NPC

That one fan. That one fan in that one trench coat. He's everywhere. He won't leave me alone.

Tottenham's high line

Pep Guardiola goes full Louis van Gaal

Alright, Pep. Get up. There wasn't even any contact.

Roy Hodgson laughs at Pep Guardiola

God bless you, three-time holder of the Premier league's oldest manager record Roy Hodgson.

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