{"id":263997,"date":"2023-01-15T19:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T20:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=263997"},"modified":"2023-01-16T21:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:02:44","slug":"idiot-fan-tries-to-kick-player-after-epl-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=263997","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Idiot&#039; fan tries to kick player after EPL match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spectator climbed onto an advertising board and appeared to kick Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after the team&#x27;s 2-0 win over Tottenham in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place moments after the final whistle at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Ramsdale went to pick up his water bottle from behind one of the goals.<\/p>\n<p>The spectator leaped over the railing, mounted the hoarding and aimed a kick at Ramsdale&#x27;s back before getting back into the crowd in the South Stand. <\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE UPDATES: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2023-live-results-day-one-rafael-nadal-daniil-medvedev-stefanos-tsitsipas-matches-nick-kyrgios\/a037bb05-8952-4b4a-b142-af466bc1cbef\" title=\"Australian Open, day one\ufeff\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Australian Open, day one\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2023-dylan-alcott-career-first-meeting-with-roger-federer-story-wheelchair-tennis-exclusive\/51450cff-6f50-4a87-936f-6e46270cda3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Alcott&#x27;s hilarious first meeting with tennis &#x27;king&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-melbourne-storm-christian-welch-cameron-munster-dolphins-wayne-bennett-comments-reaction\/344805a5-0c79-45f9-9424-e36304fa0f9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Injured Storm star hits back at Bennett criticism<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2023-thanasi-kokkinakis-doubtful-of-special-ks-doubles-title-defence-nick-kyrgios\/e3a21ed6-0723-4e25-9e5d-18ac358aae28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kokkinakis&#x27; surprise admission as AO defence looms<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured on the broadcast, leading former great Gary Neville to brand the fan an &#x27;idiot&#x27;. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Ramsdale didn&#x27;t seem hurt and was dragged away from the area by teammates before celebrating in front of Arsenal&#x27;s supporters at the other end of the stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"56facd63-0116-4f52-a086-75f0a6e2859d\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/56facd63-0116-4f52-a086-75f0a6e2859d\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1161\" data-height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interviewed after the game, Ramsdale said he received \u201ca little punch in the back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame because it\u2019s only a game of football at the end of the day,\u201d the England international said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth sets of players tried to bring me away. Thankfully nothing actually happened too drastically. It leaves a sour taste but I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll enjoy it when we go back to the dressing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham defender Eric Dier said of the incident: \u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable and shouldn&#x27;t have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Football Association said it strongly condemned the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is wholly unacceptable behaviour,\u201d the governing body said, \u201cand we will work together with the police, the relevant authorities and the clubs to ensure the appropriate action is taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramsdale might have riled Tottenham fans by turning to the South Stand, where the home supporters are seated, and kissing the badge on his Arsenal jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham substitute Richarlison confronted Ramsdale and wagged his finger.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal moved eight points clear at the top of the table with the win.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A spectator climbed onto an advertising board and appeared to kick Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after the team&#x27;s 2-0 win over Tottenham in the Premier <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=263997\" title=\"&#039;Idiot&#039; fan tries to kick player after EPL match\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=263997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263999,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263997\/revisions\/263999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=263997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=263997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=263997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}