Top Football Tweets: Love is in the air and Owen goes double-denim
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Love was in the air this weekend
It was Valentine's Day this weekend, which inevitably meant a race by football power couples all over the globe to post the most sickeningly perfect couples selfie on Instagram. Oh, and Michael Owen went double-denim.
1. Love Birds
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Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird showed off two very different interpretations of beachwear here.
2. Love is all you Mead
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Beth Mead and Danielle van de Donk are a Gunners power couple.
3. Heart of Stoney
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Casey Stoney and Megan Harris with their young team.
4. When Harry met Sarn
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Still the ultimate couple goals, this.
5. Anti-social media celebrity
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Roy Keane also joined Instagram this weekend, bringing his own brand of love and positivity to the platform.
6. Tottenham lie down and roll over
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Davinson Sanchez produced some spectacular last-resort defending against Ilkay Gundogan as Tottenham Hotspur were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City on Saturday. None of you would be laughing if he'd actually managed to block this with his head.
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7. Mouri-no ball
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By 2050, the manifestation of Jose Mourinho's football vision will be complete.
8. Red alert
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Liverpool's cataclysmic capitulation against Leicester City on Saturday confirmed, as if there were any doubt left, that the Reds are in trouble.
9. Dam fine goal from Weir
Manchester City beat their local rivals to go second in the table on Friday with a 3-0 win that included this pearl.
10. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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Meanwhile, leaders Chelsea enjoyed an emphatic 5-0 win over Bristol City.
11. Part of the furniture
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Soft furnishing idea here for any Baggies fans. Jake Livermore and West Brom held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw on Sunday.
12. Owen brand
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Possibly our favourite thing of the year this - Michael Owen debuting his own line of double-denim fashion, looking like the fifth member of the Corrs.
His bravery has been rewarded… with quite a lot of trolling.
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13. Consummate professional
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Even out of managerial press conferences, Frank Lampard remains reassuringly on-brand.
14. New Stretford hero
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And, finally, Manchester United may have unveiled a new local hero.