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As football fans watched Zambia's incredible penalty shootout victory over the Ivory Coast, one Premier League star was otherwise occupied - but still had enough to say on the matter.

After some of the best struck penalties we've ever seen in international football, Zambia emerged last night as African Cup of Nations winners over the hotly-tipped Ivory Coast, a side with Premier League stars such as Didier Drogba, Gervinho (who missed the final penalty) and of course, Manchester City's Toure brothers, Yaya and Kolo.

One man glued to the TV last night was Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley, who tweeted his 312,000+ followers: "Congrats to zambia great story! Bin one of the most eventful weeks in football I can remember!"

The 'story' which Cleverely alluded to is that Zambia won the tournament held in Gabon 19 years after much of the country's side perished in a plane crash. Nearly twenty years later, the country has made the site of the greatest tragedy the site of their greatest triumph, as this year's African Cup of Nations were once again held in Gabon.

However, this was lost on Manchester United's two-goal hero in their 2-1 victory over Liverpool last Saturday, Wayne Rooney. The striker had instead been watching golf but saw fit to mock what he deemed to have been the pointless efforts of Manchester rivals Yaya and Kolo Toure. See below:

The tweet itself received a torrent of criticism from non-Manchester United fans on the micro-blogging site, with The Times writer Rory Smith pointedly tweeting: "That Toure tweet is pretty unsporting, unpleasant and ungracious of Wayne Rooney. And with all his experience of international finals, too."

True enough - perhaps Rooney could afford to be a little more flippant once he takes his country to an international tournament final first - or is nice enough to be eligible to play in all three group stage games in the next one after Euro 2012 at least.