Micky van de Ven confronts Tottenham fans in heated spat after late loss as Thomas Frank reacts
Football January 08, 2026 12:39 PM

Micky van de Ven was involved in a spat with Tottenham supporters following their late defeat at Bournemouth. The Spurs defender was briefly captured by Sky Sports cameras arguing with fans in the away end moments after the full-time whistle.

The Lilywhites looked to be on course for a hard-earned point following Joao Palhinha's late equaliser only for Antoine Semenyo to score the winner in stoppage time. With emotions running high, Van de Ven had to be taken away from an argument with some of the travelling contingent.

In a two-minute video clip of the full-time scenes, Van de Ven, Pedro Porro and Palhinha are all captured engaging with supporters.

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The latter duo appeared to be trying to diffuse the situation, though Porro is later held back by Guglielmo Vicario before being taken away.

Van de Ven was booked earlier in the clash for his protestations towards the referee after a penalty he had earned was overturned following a VAR review. Spurs were much better going forward but continue to look abysmal at the back.

Thomas Frank covered a number of topics in his post-match press conference, which included his reaction to the players' altercations with the fans.

He said: "I haven't seen that situation, that's one thing. I think it's fair to say everyone involved in Tottenham, players, staff, fans, everyone is a tough one to take today.

"I think hopefully everyone can see how hard we worked to get everything in the right direction. And I think overall the performance was good, especially in the second half, in a game where we deserved to get more.

"That is extremely painful to be part of, so of course people are frustrated, I'm frustrated, so that's natural."

Frank's most embarrassing moment of the night actually arrived before the clash as he was photographed drinking from an Arsenal cup, left behind at Vitality Stadium following the Gunners' 3-2 win this past weekend.

When asked about it, the Spurs head coach said: "Definitely not noticed it. I think it's fair to say that we're not winning every single football match so it would be absolutely, completely stupid of me to take a cup with Arsenal. Is there anyone thinking I've done that? All the staff has done it.

"They've been in the changing room, the game before us. Its normal to take a cup, give me an espresso, I do that before every game. I think actually it's a little bit sad in football that I need to be asked a question about that.

"I think we're definitely going in the wrong direction if we need to worry about me having a cup with another logo of another club, of course I'll never do that. That's extremely stupid."

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