da dobrowin: Some QPR fans have taken to Twitter to forgive Matheus Pereira for his risky celebration, after the West Brom man issued an apology to the supporters.
da pinup bet: The Baggies forward scored the second goal in West Brom’s 2-0 win over QPR last month, before gesturing a cut-across-the-throat celebration commonly seen in South American football, as QPR state in this article.
Pereira – who has scored two goals and recorded four assists this term – said that his celebration was to signal the end of the game for QPR, as Mark Warburton’s side had gone 2-0 down after the Brazilian’s goal and were also down to ten men.
However, after 15-year-old QPR academy player Kiyan Prince lost his life to a knife-related crime back in 2006, complaints were lodged about the 23-year-old’s celebration – the R’s renamed their Loftus Road venue to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium in his memory.
After Pereira issued a seemingly genuine apology, some QPR fans on Twitter appear to have forgiven him…