The Nazi salute claims, which were on Twitter within seconds of Van Persie tapping the ball into the empty net, will likely be grouped alongside the recent Luis Suarez/Patrice Evra and John Terry/Anton Ferdinand incidents which have led to trial by online video.
These suggestions will likely be extremely hurtful to van Persie as Holland was occupied by the Nazis from 1940 to 1945 and is not something a Dutch international would joke about or employ in a goal celebration.