Spurs stars mock Richarlison with his pigeon celebration after scoring against him on FIFA

Tottenham duo Emerson Royal and Lucas Moura showed no mercy to Richarlison during a recent game of FIFA, mocking him with his own pigeon celebration.

The Brazil international was enjoying some downtime with his compatriots by playing a game of FIFA 23 with another friend.

It appeared to be a two vs two match, with both teams using, understandably, Tottenham.

And a clip of the quartet playing has gone viral with Lucas and Emerson scoring against their club and international team-mate.

It appeared to be quite a scrappy goal from only a couple of yards out but that did little to quell the celebrations, particularly from Emerson who screamed in delight.

The right wing-back then stood up from his chair along with Lucas and they both did the pigeon celebration made famous by Richarlison.

Known as the Pombo dance in Brazil, the move comes from a relatively-unknown pop group from the country called Os Perseguidores.

Richarlison did the dance in celebration after scoring his first goal for Brazil in 2018 and the forward has repeated it on numerous occasions for club and country ever since.

After making the move from Watford to Everton in 2018, Richarlison explained his little bop.

He said upon completion of the transfer to Goodison Park: ”The pigeon dance came from a group from Rio de Janeiro who had a song in around 2012.

“A trend was started when I did the dance at home. Everyone started copying me.

“I think I’ve helped the band’s profile grow because of that. I am hoping to score goals and do the dance I promised, the pigeon dance.”

Richarlison has since swapped Everton for Tottenham after joining them last year for a fee worth up to £60million.

However, fans are yet to see their new man do the pigeon dance in the Premier League – where he failed to score a goal for Spurs in 13 appearances.

The 25-year-old did, however, net twice in the Champions League in a crucial win over Marseille to help them qualify while the celebration made headlines in the World Cup.

After scoring for the Selecao against South Korea in a 4-1, Richarlison and his team-mates ran over to the bench to find manager Tite where they all pulled out the Pombo.

It led to some backlash from various pundits, including Roy Keane, who branded it disrespectful to their opponents.

Now, though, it’s Richarlison being disrespected – and by his own teammates too.

No doubt he’ll be plotting revenge.