A fan kicked the Arsenal goalkeeper. He could not bear the provocations and the first loss since Rosický’s goal

“The Spurs fans were shouting at me the whole match, I was shouting back at them. But they took it sportingly, only one fan tried to punch me a little in the back,” revealed Ramsdale after the match. The goalkeeper thoroughly enjoyed the encounter, he provoked not only the fans, but also the players themselves. he smiled at kick-offs.

Ramsdale, who made seven successful saves, regrets the situation at the end of the match, because “in the end it’s just football”. Logically, a storm formed at the scene of the incident, Arsenal’s visiting coach Mikel Arteta was very active, and he quickly dragged his goalkeeper to the cauldron to celebrate “Fortunately, nothing drastic happened. The match has a sour taste, but we will certainly enjoy the victory when we go back to the dressing room,” stated Ramsdale.

The sinner from the auditorium, who escaped even the organizing service, will most likely be quickly identified, caught by the police and face a several-year ban from entering the stadium and possibly criminal prosecution.

“Of course, a person on the pitch perceives what people are shouting. It’s hard to say if there were any provocations from Ramsdale, but such a reaction shouldn’t follow anyway,” Marek Matějovský, a former Reading player currently defending Mladá Boleslav, commented in the CANAL+ Sport studio.

The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) also immediately commented on the situation. “Violence towards players is completely unacceptable. Incidents like this happen all too often. Players have a right to be safe. When a footballer is attacked, we expect the laws and regulations put in place to protect them to be properly enforced. As a union, we consider this a matter of priority. We will continue to cooperate with the authorities,” the statement said.

Regardless of the described incident, this is a significant victory for Arsenal, because until Sunday, the last league triumph at the arch-rival’s stadium was in March 2014, when the only goal was scored in the 2nd minute by the current sporting director of Sparta Prague, Tomáš Rosický.

Arsenal took advantage of Manchester City’s hesitation in the city derby with United to create an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. “We’re in a good position, there’s no doubt about that. We have to stay humble and keep working hard. Today you saw the difference in the first and second half, so we have a lot to improve on,” realizes captain Martin Ödegaard, who scored a goal in the 36th minute of the 2-0 win.