City starlet sorry for celebrating United win by hailing rival Young as 'a king'



A Manchester City youth team star has been forced to apologise for celebrating rivals United's win over Blackburn on Monday night.



Sam Jones took to Twitter praising the late goals by Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young which sent the Premier League leaders five points clear at the top.



The Welsh defender wrote: 'Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh united united united', before adding, 'yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what a goal!!!!!'.



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At the end of the match, Jones continue, writing: 'Game over! Ashley Young you king!'.



It attracted fierce criticism from City fans, while club officials also spotted the tweets and forced the youngster to apologise.



Jones later tweeter: 'To all City fans I am really sorry for causing offence with my tweets. I realise I shouldn’t have said those things. The Club have reminded me about my responsibilities as a City player..

