Tottenham have been torn to shreds for this lion-themed Twitter post

We get it, guys, lions can destroy foxes.

Tottenham closed the gap on league leaders Leicester City with a convincing 4-0 victory at Stoke, and it seems the club is getting a little carried away about the Londoners’ title chances.

Spurs’ official Twitter account posted this photo comparing Harry Kane, Toby Alderweireld, Ryan Mason and Christian Eriksen to a pride of lions.

Because that’s an entirely normal thing to do.

#COYS #TogetherTHFC pic.twitter.com/BiZqUokrbV

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 19, 2016

It quickly brought some other, less flattering comparisons.

@SpursOfficial @Dansullyafc

🐓
🏀 I see this pic.twitter.com/wE6Vo5uTAY

— AFC GLEN (@AFC_GLEN) April 19, 2016

But most of the responses looked something like this.

https://twitter.com/ebbp/status/722412861297926144

Or this.

@SpursOfficial pic.twitter.com/c9rMbypUyC

— tom (@tomisthename_) April 19, 2016

Or this.

https://twitter.com/JackMouu/status/722412574197878785

Even Mauricio Pochettino couldn’t get on board with it.

@SpursOfficial pic.twitter.com/JCCcj0fGiJ

— Kaj (@THFC_Kaj) April 19, 2016

At least one person chose a more appropriate animal for the club.

https://twitter.com/Bemkap/status/722458188298199041

And there we were thinking Dele Alli’s open goal miss was the most embarrassing thing Spurs would do this week.

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