Andy Murray takes jibe at Piers Morgan for selecting Ronaldo over Messi as ‘GOAT’ after Argentina beat Mexico

Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray took a jibe at British broadcaster Piers Morgan after Argentina beat Mexico 2-0 in its second Group C match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on the Lusail Stadium on Saturday.

Argentina had suffered a shock 1-2 defeat by the hands of Saudi Arabia in its match opener regardless of Messi’s objective.

Murray tagged Morgan whereas tweeting a photograph of Argentina captain Lionel Messi, who scored the primary objective whereas offered the help for the second, together with the caption “Oops.” This comes within the aftermath of an earlier tweet from Morgan the place he had known as Ronaldo the GOAT (Biggest of All Time) with an emoji after the Portugal striker scored towards Ghana to assist his aspect safe a 3-2 win.

“I can see why you want him… each the 2nd greatest gamers in your sport to return from your personal nation. #maradona #perry,” tweeted Morgan in response, referring 1986 World cup winner Diego Maradona as the most effective Argentina soccer participant and Fred Perry, former World No. 1 and eight-time Grand Slam winner, as the most effective British tennis participant.

Murray and Morgan had beforehand a Twitter spat in 2021 after former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, then an adolescent, was compelled to withdraw from her fourth-round match towards Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic at Wimbledon because of problem in respiratory.

Morgan had backed former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe after he bought flak for criticising Raducanu, asking her to toughen up. Morgan had then tweeted, “McEnroe informed the reality. Ms Raducunu’s a proficient participant however couldn’t deal with the stress & stop when she was shedding badly. Not ‘courageous’, only a disgrace. If I had been her, I’d inform my followers to cease abusing McEnroe, & search his recommendation on the right way to toughen up & change into a champion like he was,” to which Murray replied, “Assume it is a very harsh tackle the state of affairs Piers.”

Morgan not too long ago performed an explosive interview with Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal captain and all-time high scorer in males’s soccer, days earlier than the World Cup in Qatar started. On account of the interview wherein Ronaldo criticised Manchester United, its supervisor Erik Ten Hag and house owners, the Glazer household, the Premier League membership terminated his contract.