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Piers Morgan has blasted 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 emplored his side’s bitter rivals Tottenham to beat Man City to help the Gunners win their first Premier League title in 20 years prior to the match.
The journalist had reacted to Tottenham’s team news on X (formerly Twitter) writing a message of encouragement to Arsenal’s north London rivals, that read: ‘Brilliant team. Eleven natural born winners and warriors.
‘Real men who I will know will do everything in their formidable, nay magical powers to get a result tonight. Come on lads – you have a brilliant record vs City, do it for North London!’
Much to his fury, Erling Haaland‘s second-half brace meant that Man City leapfrogged Arsenal at the top of the league standings and now hold a two-point advantage on the Gunners in the title race, with one game left to play.
Piers Morgan has fumed at Tottenham after they failed to seal victory against Man City
Morgan published several posts on X (formerly Twitter) slamming Spurs as a ‘bunch of losers’
Morgan had previously emplored Tottenham to seal a victory to help Arsenal gain an advantage in the title race
After going behind by a goal, Tottenham had several chances in the second-half to pull themselves back into the match, with Son Heung-min going one-on-one with substitute goalkeeper Stefan Ortega in the 85th minute, before fluffing an opportunity to put Spurs level late on.
With Arsenal’s hopes of winning the league title now slipping further out of their grasp, Morgan vented his fury at Tottenham on social media, while adding that he was going to ‘delete 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].’
Spurs fans sang and were in full voice towards the end of the match, which incensed Morgan even more: ‘And now Spurs fans sing,’ he said. ‘What a pathetic bunch of losers.’
Some Tottenham fans were also seen doing the ‘Poznan’ after going 1-0 down, seemingly celebrating Man City’s goal.
The journalist also took aim directly at Tottenham defender Pedro Porro, writing: ‘Porro you stupid p****. Spurs, you useless muppets.’
One X user posted a photo of Son’s one-on-one chance with Ortega and claimed it would haunt Arsenal fans for years to come. Jamie Carragher likened the incident to how Vincent Kompany’s strike in 2019 has caused much anguish for Liverpool fans.
Postecogulou, meanwhile, had fumed at Spurs supporters for cheering on Man City during the match.
When asked about the implications the game had on his side’s rivals, Arsenal he said: ‘I’m just not interested mate. Maybe I’m out of step, but I just don’t care, I just want to win.
‘I want to be successful at this football club, it’s why I was brought in. So what other people, how they want to feel, and what their priorities are, are of zero interest to me.
Spurs fell short of victory and will now miss out on qualifying for the Champions Leagu
Son Heung-min had missed a one-on-one chance to equalise for Tottenham late in the game
Some social media users claimed that Son’s missed chance would haunt Arsenal fans forever
Spurs fans were seen celebrating going 1-0 down by doing the ‘Poznan’ celebration in the stands
Erling Haaland (left) scored twice to restore City’s standing at the top of the league table
It means Arsenal now trail City by two points with one game left this season to play
‘I know what’s important to build a winning team, that’s what I need to concentrate on.
‘I can’t dictate what people do. They [the fans] are allowed to express themselves any way they want. But yeah, when we’ve got late winners in games it’s because the crowd’s helped us.
‘I already know what I want to do, it’s just I’ve got to make some adjustments to how I do it.’
