Arsenal fan's tweet three years ago mocking Spurs for 'playing a team called Qarabag' comes back to haunt them

Unai Emery's side host their Azerbaijani opponents at the Emirates in a meaningless Europa League clash.

The Gunners have already booked their spot in the knockout stages of the European competition.

Spurs, meanwhile, miraculously secured a 1-1 away draw at Barcelona to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League.

And a tweet sent out three years ago by an Arsenal fan has resurfaced to provide some humour between the two London clubs.

A Twitter user called "The Arsenal" posted back on September 17, 2015: "Whenever you feeling down, just remember Spurs are playing a team called Qarabag tonight."

They followed this with an emoji of a smiley face crying tears of laughter.

The poster paid credit, albeit probably through gritted teeth, to "the Spurs fan who gave me stick for this tweet".

Since it was first highlighted back in August, a steady flow of football fans, many revelling in the glory as Spurs fans, have commented on the post.

"This aged well", "ouch" and "right back at you" were just some of the witty replies.

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Some of the other comments were far too crude to share.

SunSport reported that Mesut Ozil and Laurent Koscielny are both set to return for Arsenal in the dead rubber clash.

The experienced duo are expected to be named alongside a number of Unai Emery's youngsters for the Europa League clash.

Arsenal have already booked their spot in the knockout stages, which gives Emery the opportunity to test out some of his fringe players.

Their great north London rivals are in the European competition of the Champions League, and a 1-1 draw away at Spanish giants Barcelona saw them reach the knockout stages.

Social media continues to have a habit of coming back to bite.

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