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“Riddler Has Been Freed”- Fans Compare Pitch Invader’s Looks to John Lennon and Batman Villain

Published 03/18/2022, 4:20 PM EDT

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Premier League football reached new levels of entertainment on Thursday in the game between Everton and Newcastle United. There was a bit of everything in the match; a late winner, a controversial red card, and a pitch invader who turned out to be a John Lennon lookalike.

On top of it all, Everton manager Frank Lampard broke his hand while celebrating his team’s 1-0 win. However, the conversation was all centered around the pitch invader who tied himself to Everton’s goal post to protest against England’s new oil fields.

Several people spoke about his looks, which reminded them of the Riddler from the new Batman movie, and Rock legend, John Lennon.

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Fans compare the pitch invader to John Lennon

While the protestor might have wanted his message to get across, his stunt did not really work out in the end. He did get a lot of publicity, but fans were too fascinated by the absurdity of the situation to focus on his message. One fan made even compared him to John Lennon and said that he was angry about the fuel prices in England.

Moreover, several other fans made the same observation and called him a John Lennon lookalike.

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The Riddler is free again

However, John Lennon wasn’t the only celebrity the protestor was compared to. Twitter fans also compared him to a character from the new Batman movie, the Riddler. The Riddler was the villain in the movie and was sent to prison in the ending scenes, and naturally, people made fun of that.

People roast Everton by using the pitch invader

Rival fans didn’t let Everton’s win go under the radar and made sure to remind the club’s fans how terrible their season has been so far. One Southampton fan pointed out that the club has only won one game in 2022.

While on the other hand, another fan joked that the protestor was protesting against Everton getting relegated and playing in the English Championship next season.

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Liverpool fans weren’t ones to back away, as one of them joked that the protestor’s punishment should be a lifetime-season ticket for Everton so that he could see the club lose.

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Aniket Awasthi

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Aniket Awasthi is a soccer author at EssentiallySports. This STEM undergraduate combines an insatiable urge to write with his admiration for soccer to enhance his journalism. He lists charismatic names like Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford as his favorite players, but he is a great admirer of Karim Benzema too.
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Melroy Fernandes