Things at Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium haven't gone exactly as their fans, players,coach or owners would have wanted, and this whopping moment wasn't part of the plan for sure.
Minutes after the home team lost the penalty shootout against Norwich, Eric Dier decided to storm the stands searching for a fan. After making it 20 rows into the stands, Dier started throwing punches and screaming at one person before he was restrained by other fans and security personnel. The reason? The man was allegedly insulting Dier, who's family was near where the fan was sitting.
The incident was well documented by fans sitting in that section. Have a look at what happened by scrolling down.
Así arrancó todo: Mourinho declaró en conferencia de prensa que un fanático del Tottenham insultó a Eric Dier, su hermano (que estaba en la tribuna) reaccionó y el jugador de los Spurs se metió en el medio. pic.twitter.com/OEeJyB19kG
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) March 4, 2020
Here is my angle of Eric Dier going into the stands after the #TOTNOR match. He was supposedly going after a fan for chanting inappropriate things at players. #COYS #THFC pic.twitter.com/rduG13vszd
— Daniel Valcho (@DanielValcho) March 5, 2020
No idea what the actual details are on this, but what i do know is I'm a huge fan of Eric Dier climbing into the stands to have it out with a fan! pic.twitter.com/1ZzkY1TQKN
— Ben Teague (@bpjteague) March 5, 2020
While such behavior can be reprehensible, coach José Mourinho shared the reasons why Dier jumped into the stands to have a go at the fan, and while he criticized him as a professional football player, he can't criticize him as a human being.
"This person insulted Eric... the young brother was not happy...and then Eric did what we as professionals cannot do but did something that probably we would do."
— The Pink Un (@pinkun) March 5, 2020
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho responds to Eric Dier confronting a fan in the stands.#ncfc #thfc #FACup pic.twitter.com/jyoeLpmdoO
