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Piers Morgan has criticized Tottenham fans and their players as a “pathetic bunch of losers” after Ange Postecoglou’s side suffered a 2-0 defeat against Manchester City on Tuesday night.
Morgan, a well-known Arsenal fan, had urged his team’s bitter rivals Tottenham to beat Man City and help the Gunners win their first Premier League title in 20 years before the match.
The journalist had reacted to the Tottenham team news on X (formerly Twitter) by writing a message of encouragement to Arsenal’s north London rivals, which read: “Brilliant team.” Eleven winners and born warriors.
‘The real men I will meet will do everything possible with their formidable, even magical, powers to obtain a result tonight. Come on guys, you’ve got a brilliant record against City, do it for North London!’
Much to their fury, Erling Haaland’s second-half brace meant Man City overtook Arsenal at the top of the league table and now have a two-point lead over the Gunners in the title race, with a game for playing.
Piers Morgan is furious with Tottenham after they failed to seal victory against Man City.
Morgan published several posts on X (formerly Twitter) criticizing the Spurs as a “bunch of losers.”
Morgan had previously urged Tottenham to seal a victory to help Arsenal gain an advantage in the title race.
After trailing by a goal, Tottenham had several chances in the second half to get back into the game, with Son Heung-min going one-on-one with substitute goalkeeper Stefan Ortega in the 85th minute, before wasting a chance to score. they equalized Spurs later.
With Arsenal’s hopes of winning the league title increasingly out of reach, Morgan vented his fury against Tottenham on social media, adding that he was going to “remove all pro-Spurs posts”.
He issued a series of posts on X, stating: “West Ham will beat City on Sunday… as a thank you to Declan (Rice).”
The Spurs fans were singing and were at full voice towards the end of the game, which angered Morgan even more: “And now the Spurs fans are singing,” he said. “What a pathetic group of losers.”
Some Tottenham fans were also seen doing the ‘Poznan’ after losing 1-0, apparently celebrating Manchester City’s goal.
The journalist also took direct aim at Tottenham defender Pedro Porro and wrote: ‘Porro, you stupid p****. Spurs, you useless muppets.
One X user posted a photo of Son’s one-on-one opportunity with Ortega and claimed it would haunt Arsenal fans for years to come. Jamie Carragher compared the incident to how Vincent Kompany’s hit in 2019 caused Liverpool fans a lot of distress.
Postecogulou, meanwhile, had become angry with Spurs fans for cheering on Manchester City during the match.
When asked about the implications of the match for his team’s rivals Arsenal, he said: “I’m just not interested, mate.” Maybe I’m out of tune, but I don’t care, I just want to win.
“I want to be successful at this football club, that’s why they brought me in. So what other people, how they want to feel and what their priorities are, doesn’t interest me at all.
Spurs failed to win and will now miss out on qualifying for the Champions League
Son Heung-min had missed a one-on-one chance to equalize for Tottenham late in the match.
Some social media users claimed that Son’s missed opportunity would haunt Arsenal fans forever.
Spurs fans were seen celebrating being 1-0 down by doing the ‘Poznan’ celebration in the stands.
Erling Haaland (left) scored twice to restore City’s position at the top of the league table.
It means Arsenal are now two points behind City with one game left to play this season.
‘I know what is important to build a winning team, that’s what I need to focus on.
‘I can’t dictate what people do. They (the fans) are allowed to express themselves however they want. But yes, when we have late winners in games it is because the public helped us.
“I already know what I want to do, I just have to make some adjustments in the way I do it.”
