What is the ‘gun lean’? Jesse Lingard’s celebration mimics drill dance craze

The dance move hails from a track with the same name.

Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard has captured the attention of music fans with a celebration called the “gun lean”. But what is it?

The dance move hails from a track with the same name by Russ, which features an accompanying routine in which the drill rapper and a host of others raise their right and left shoulders one after another and say “left, right, left, right”.

The song has already gone viral since its release in the week, receiving more than 850,000 streams on YouTube in the space of two days.

Amid its popularity, some on Twitter predicted that Lingard – who previously mimicked the “hype dance” from video game Fortnite – would reference the craze the next time he scored a goal.

He duly did so after scoring a penalty against Cardiff City on Saturday, and it wasn’t lost on those who were fans of the song.

“Lingard 110% took that penalty from Pogba so he can gun lean. Nothing is going to change my mind,” said @_Nomics.

Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright also tweeted a clip of the goal, with the words “right, left”.

While Lingard was the first big-name player to gun lean, supporters of fifth tier Leyton Orient were quick to point out another player who had got there first.

Young striker Josh Koroma pulled the move after scoring the National League table toppers’ first goal against Chesterfield – a full three hours before the United star.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Nearly two weeks after celebrating New Year, many Serbians did it again on Tuesday evening, this time according to old Orthodox Christian tradition.

Some Eastern Orthodox churches follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian calendar used by Catholic and Protestant churches and much of the secular world.

The streets in central Belgrade’s commercial pedestrian zone were busy with people on Tuesday night, and Christmas and New Year’s decorations were still on full display.

“I celebrate the Serbian (New Year),” said Zoran Todorovic, a Belgrade resident. "We’re going out. We’ll take a walk, drink mulled wine, eat traditional sweets, and then we’ll go home and treat ourselves to a meal. I feel lovely.”

Jovan Brkic, also from Belgrade, was skeptical. “I don’t celebrate Serbian New Year. I don’t give it much attention."

“I think it’s the same as the non-Serbian one, the usual, commercial New Year,” he added. "It’s just an economic trick to get people to spend a bit more money, to give them a reason to be cheerful.”

A fireworks and a drone show was held at midnight at a newly built and much-criticized residential block by the Sava River in Belgrade that was backed by Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

In the central Serbian town of Cacak, however, protesters snowballed a folk singer performing at the main square, angry that the local authorities were using public money for the celebrations, N1 regional television reported.

Vucic faced street protests throughout last year against his autocratic rule in Serbia that were triggered by a train station disaster in November 2024 that killed 16 people in a northern city.

Fireworks and laser lights illuminate the sky over the Belgrade Tower just before midnight, for the Orthodox Christians New Year that Serbs celebrate on Jan. 14, according to the Julian calendar, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Fireworks and laser lights illuminate the sky over the Belgrade Tower at midnight, for the Orthodox Christians New Year that Serbs celebrate on Jan. 14, according to the Julian calendar, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Fireworks and laser lights illuminate the sky over the Belgrade Tower just before midnight, for the Orthodox Christians New Year that Serbs celebrate on Jan. 14, according to the Julian calendar, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)