Patrick Mahomes' fiancée Brittany Matthews called ESPN trash for tweeting a photo of him looking dejected during his Super Bowl loss

• Patrick Mahomes' fiancée called ESPN trash for posting sad photos of him during the Super Bowl.
• SportsCenter posted a picture of Mahomes looking forlorn, to which Brittany Matthews replied with several trash can emojis.
• The Chiefs were beaten 31-9 by the Bucs on Sunday as Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl ring.

Patrick Mahomes' fiancee Brittany Matthews took aim at ESPN on Sunday night for posting sad photos of him during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LV defeat.

The Chiefs were beaten comprehensively by Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Raymond James Stadium, with touchdowns from Leonard Fournette, Antonio Brown, and two from Rob Gronkowski sealing a historic 31-9 win for Bruce Arian's side.

For Mahomes personally, it was a night to forget, with the 25-year-old failing to throw for a single touchdown and giving up two interceptions. Insider's Tyler Lauletta described the performance as the worst of Mahomes' NFL career so far.

As the game approached the final whistle, ESPN shared a photo of a dejected looking Mahomes on Twitter, to which Matthews did not take kindly.

"Cool ESPN, love the support of a major sports platform for one of the best players in the league," she said, adding a series of corn emojis, seemingly to imply that the tweet was "corny."

ESPN's SportsCenter posted a similar photo shortly after, which Matthews again slammed, appearing to call the account trash or garbage with a series of emojis, before adding that Mahomes "looks damn good to me."

After the game, Matthews, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, congratulated Mahomes for his performance.

"Not how we wanted it to end, but 15 played his heart out and I'm always and forever proud of him in everything he does! Now let's have a baby," she said.

Mahomes tweeted: "Thank you #ChiefsKingdom for all the support. Wasn't the way we wanted it to end, but we will be back!"

Matthews jumping to her fiancee's defense isn't the first time one of Mahomes' loved ones has slammed ESPN for perceived slights against him.

In September last year, Mahomes' mom, Randi, criticized ESPN analyst Louis Riddick for repeatedly referring to him as "Pat" instead of Patrick during a regular season game against the Baltimore Ravens.