Saturday, August 16, 2014

A FAN INVADE THE PITCH TO TAKE A FREE-KICK IN WEST HAM - TOTTENHAM GAME

Tottenham Hotspur were reduced to 10-men early in their opening Premier League match against West Ham after defender Kyle Naughton was issued with a straight red card for a deliberate handball, but that didn’t stop one fan from trying to bump up the numbers for the away side.

A fan took to the field at the Boleyn Ground where the Tottenham-West Ham game was being played and launched a direct free-kick at Adrián, guardian of the Hammers goal.

With West Ham having just seen one of their own sent-off in the form of James Collins picking up a second yellow for a foul on Emmanuel Adebayor, Christian Eriksen was lining up the free-kick to have a shot on goal.

But in a blurry grey flash, a fan appeared from nowhere – being chased by a rather worried steward – and curled an effort towards the goal mid-stride. In fact, he managed to force a save from Hammers goalkeeper Adrian, which is more than Eriksen can claim as his effort went over the bar.

A pitch invader is chased by stewards during West Ham v Tottenham

The fan's shot flew over the crossbar before he ran off, pursued by a Steward.


To make it even funnier, Eriksen quickly put his hands on his head in what looked like frustration that the effort didn’t beat the goalkeeper – or more likely the fact that th match was held up as a result.

The match up until that point had been a dull affair with little to report apart from the dismissals, as both teams looked to stay solid at the back rather than push forward to try and snatch a win.

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