The Facebook page "Arsenal Kosovo Supporters Club" published a photo on Sunday (January 15) featuring Arsenal footballer Martin Odegaard.
This photo was captioned by this page as "Look at the faces of Tottenham fans! ?????????"."
The aforementioned website attempted to present this photo as a celebration of the goal scored by Arsenal player Martin Odegaard against Tottenham on January 15.
However, after verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this photo is staged, while the footage is from 2002, when former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry celebrated his goal against Tottenham.
Link to the photo published on Facebook by the “Arsenal Kosovo Supporters Club” page:
After research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program "InVID", hibrid.info managed to find this photograph, which was published by the foreign sports media "Bleacherreport.com" on the official Facebook page.
This media outlet gave this photo the caption "Martin Ødegaard scored a goal in Arsenal's victory in the North London derby."
Link to the photo posted on Facebook by the Bleacher Report Football page:
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this photo is edited and the original one was taken from the 2002 match, when Thierry Henry scored a goal for Arsenal in the match against Tottenham. (see here and here).
In the photo posted by "Bleacher Report Football", in addition to Henry's image being replaced with Odegaard's, some fans have also been attached to their smartphones, claiming to present this 2002 photo as current. (see photo comparisons below)
Analyze:
The Facebook page "Arsenal Kosovo Supporters Club" has published a photo from 2002, which is presented as an image of the January 15, 2023 match between Arsenal and Tottenham.
In that photo, the image of former Arsenal footballer Thierry Henry has been swapped with that of another Arsenal player, Martin Odegaard.
This page obtained this photo from the foreign sports media outlet "Bleacherreport.com", published on its official Facebook page.
Also, some fans have been equipped with smartphones, so that the photo looks as current as possible.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info rates this image as "Fraud".