Fulham fans aim cheeky chant at Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister watches Southampton get relegated
FULHAM fans trolled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after a heartbreaking loss that saw his boyhood team Southampton relegated.
Saints fan Sunak attended the Premier League clash at St Mary’s and saw Ruben Selles’ team lose 2-0 to the Cottagers after goals from Carlos Vinicius and Aleksandar Mitrovic.
And the visitors’ supporters noticed the PM in the VIP section and decided to pour some salt on his wounds as the hosts were condemned to the Championship for the first time in 11 years.
Fulham fans chanted:: “Rishi, what’s the score? Rishi, Rishi, what’s the score?”
The Prime Minister stopped short of joining in the gallows humour of home fans chanting: “We’re going down” after four minutes.
But pictures emerged of Sunak looking dejected with how the game panned out for his beloved Southampton.
And fans watching at home decided to join in on all the banter via social media.
One fan tweeted: “Rishi Sunak goes to watch the Southampton match… Southampton get relegated. Coincidence?”
Another commented: “Rishi Sunak just watched Southampton get relegated. Think he’ll get used to that feeling!”
This Southampton fan said: “Southampton going down. Rishi Sunak at the game.
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“Could it actually be any worse at our club?.”
This supporter said: “Not even PM Rishi Sunak could help Southampton avoid relegation with his attendance today and show of solidarity.”
And that one stated: “Wait, Rishi Sunak is at the Southampton-Fulham game? ”
After the Tories took a beating in local elections last week, Sunak must be a glutton for punishment.
An old institution burning through three leaders in a year, sliding backwards after more than a decade at the top table – it’s all alarmingly familiar.
The Prime Minister will be hoping to do better than Selles when he returns to his duties with the Conservative party now trailing to Labour in the polls by 17 points.