CNN
—
Seeing shock visitors at sporting events is just not unusual. You usually catch a glimpse of a film star at a grand slam tennis occasion or a musician at a golf main.
Soccer is not any totally different. On Thursday, actuality TV star Kim Kardashian sprinkled superstar gold mud over Arsenal’s Europa League game in opposition to Portuguese membership Sporting CP on the Emirates Stadium.
Kardashian was pictured watching the sport along with her son, Saint, having posted on her Instagram story hours earlier than an image of Arsenal merchandize with the caption: “Send help SOS.”
There was lots to maintain up with throughout an action-packed match. Arsenal, who hadn’t misplaced since February 15, suffered defeat in heartbreaking trend – conceding a objective from the midway line earlier than then shedding on penalties.
Twitter was abuzz, asking had the a lot touted ‘Kardashian curse’ struck.
The ‘Kardashian curse’ is a principle prevalent on the web that connects folks that family members are concerned with and a downturn in their fortunes.
“The Kardashian curse strikes again,” tweeted one Arsenal fan account.
The 42-year-old Kardashian posted images from all through the sport exhibiting Saint displaying the big range of feelings the Europa League sport delivered.
He was seen celebrating when Arsenal took a first-half lead by Granit Xhaka and heading by, solely to be adopted with a photograph of him wanting despairingly later on as the sport unraveled for Arsenal.
Sporting equalized by a spectacular Pedro Gonçalves objective from the midway line in the second half earlier than the Portuguese group received a penalty shootout after the last-16 tie completed 1-1 on Thursday and 3-3 on mixture.
It’s not the primary time we’ve seen A-list celebrities attend matches in the UK this season, with actors Michael B Jordan and Ryan Reynolds noticed at Bournemouth and Wrexham video games respectively.