England's Player of the Year Beth Mead has laughed off a photograph referring to her as partner Vivianne Miedema's "guest" at Monday night's Ballon d'Or awards ceremony.
The Arsenal couple, who were both nominated for the 2022 Women's Ballon d'or accolade, were photographed together at the ceremony in Paris moments before Mead was named runner-up to Barcelona's Alexia Putellas. One of the snaps of the couple on the red carpet was captioned "Vivianne Miedema and a guest".
Mead, who helped guide England to Women's Euro glory last summer, wrote in response to a tweet of the photo: "LOL", followed by a thumbs-up emoji and a crying laughing face emoji.
