Elie Youan’s cheeky attempt to troll Marin Bartley off the back of his recent comments about the Hibs star have backfired after the Easter Road hero hit back with a seething takedown.
Youan has cheekily responded to criticism from the after collecting the man of the match award in Hibs’ epic 3-3 draw with Aberdeen on Tuesday night. David Gray‘s side looked to be on the end of another disappointing defeat as the Dons fought back from a goal down to hold a 2-1 lead going into six minutes of added time in the second half, only for the teams to exchange three goals in a manic finale to come away with a share of the spoils.
French winger Youan was not on the scoresheet at Easter Road, but was crowned as the best player on the night for a dazzling display down the Hibees left. And the 25-year-old used the opportunity to hit back at comments made by former Hibs midfielder Bartley during the Leith side’s 4-1 loss to Dundee last Saturday.
Working on Premier Sports’ live coverage of the game, Bartley slated Youan’s reaction to teammate Jordan Obita being shown a red card, with the ex Nantes youngster gathering the ball to perform a series of keepy-ups and tricks while boss Gray tried to reorganise his team after they were reduced to 10 men. Bartley – a Scottish Cup winner with Hibs in 2016 – described Youan’s actions as ’embarrassing’ and ‘not unacceptable’, also questioning the Frenchman’s desire to dig in and fight for his team.
But after helping Hibs claim a dramatic point, Youan offered a quirky response to the slagging, posting an image of himself on Instagram with his man of the match award on and tagged Bartley along with the caption: “It’s not acceptable @bartley06, MOTM”.
Former midfielder enforcer Bartley is not one to back down and then defended his criticism of the Hibs wide-man by directly replying to Youan’s post with a furious, wordy message of his own. Screenshotting Youan’s Instagram story, he responded: “Good morning Elie. Well done on your MoTM. I’m guessing you’ve tagged me as we both now have iconic pictures after winning ‘honours’ at Hibs?
“Your caption is perfect!! Here’s a few of the current unacceptable things for you my friend! We’ve (got) 9 points from a possible 42. We’re currently 9 points off the top 6. We’ve won one game out of 14 in the league.
“Not only do we sit BOTTOM of the league we have also won less games than San Marino this season! To have the audacity to post this when we’re literally last and not even won the game is quite something. Hopefully we kick on and move to a more respectable position asap. All the best and well done again buddy”.