Over-excited Manchester United fans looking to congratulate hat-trick hero Robin van Persie inadvertently bombarded a telecoms consultant in India with random Twitter messages.

As former Arsenal striker Van Persie netted three times to help United beat Aston Villa 3-0 and secure a 20th Premier League title on Monday evening, fans took to the social networking site to hail their new hero.

However, rather than using the Dutchman’s correct Twitter handle - @Persie_Official - the timeline of Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad began to strain under the weight of users tweeting @rvp.