Liverpool fan, 8, cries tears of joy when he sees Mo Salah at Anfield for the first time [VIDEO]
You’ll never bawl alone! Eight-year-old Liverpool supporter goes viral after he bursts into tears when he spots Mo Salah on his first trip to Anfield
Oscar McElhinney burst into tears upon seeing Mohamed Salah in the fleshHe became emotional ahead of Liverpool’s match against Watford on SaturdayThe boy, 8, travelled from Dungiven, Northern Ireland, with his dad to the match It was a dream come true after he got tickets to his first match for Christmas
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This is the moment an eight-year-old boy burst into tears of joy upon seeing his favourite footballer in the flesh for the first time, winning a legion of his own fans in the process.
Oscar McElhinney, from Dungiven, Northern Ireland, became emotional when he saw Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah at last Saturday’s match against Watford at Anfield.
It was a dream come true for the schoolboy, who is an avid Liverpool fan, and video of his heartwarming reaction has been shared around the world.
Oscar McElhinney burst into tears upon seeing his favourite Liverpool player, Mohamed Salah (pictured), at Anfield on Saturday, April 2
The eight-year-old became emotional before the match, which was his first ever game at the ground
In a video taken by his dad, Ronan, Oscar can be seen crying ‘tears of joy’ as players warm up before the game
In video taken by his dad Ronan before the match on Saturday, April 2, Oscar can be seen wiping away the tears with his scarf while the players warm up.
His father tells him he can see Salah, at which point Oscar looks up saying ‘where?’
When he spots the Egyptian winger on the pitch below he says ‘oh my God’ and begins to cry again.
The young football fan wipes the tears away ahead of the game, which Liverpool went on to win 2-0
Oscar’s mother, Melanie, said he had a ‘brilliant time’ and can’t wait for his next trip to Anfield
His mother, Melanie, told Belfast Live Oscar has been a Liverpool fan ‘for a long time’, and enjoyed the game, which saw Liverpool win 2-0.
‘He was so excited to go, he couldn’t believe it,’ she said, adding he got tickets for the match for Christmas.
‘It’s been a long wait for him from December to now but he had a brilliant time.
Oscar burst into tears once more when he spotted Salah warming up on the pitch below
‘He already can’t wait to get back over, he’s already giving me his Santa list for next year, saying he wants to get two tickets.’
She added the schoolboy was left speechless when arriving at the stadium and that he ‘couldn’t believe he was there’.
And now he has a legion of his own fans, after his auntie shared the footage on Twitter, where it has now been viewed more than 394,000 times and received 12,700 likes in three days.
People on the social media site were left feeling misty-eyed after seeing the video.
People on Twitter couldn’t help but smile at the heartwarming footage, which was shared by Oscar’s aunt
@mrsdc73 said: ‘God love him, that’s made me cry, love him. I hope he had the best day YNWA.’
@philly0151 wrote: ‘Arrrrr. I hope you had the best day ever little man.’
@NICKEIR added: ‘Brought a tear to my eye. Beautiful. I hope he had a brilliant day and has many more at the Citadel.’
@ClemmyKarl said: ‘Oh bless him, filled up myself watching that. Bet he loved it and we won. Now he’s been once, he’ll definitely want to go again and again. I can totally understand why he’s emotional, I was on my first time going. Welcome to the Liverpool family young man, You’ll Never Walk Alone.’
