Dion Dublin joked he'd take a fan outside during the BBC's Match of the Day coverage of Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur's FA Cup clash after he was called a "w*nker"
Dion Dublin joked he'd take a fan outside live on national TV.
Dublin was on punditry duty for the BBC as Tottenham crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Aston Villa. And Spurs fans were left less than impressed at half-time.
Knocking could be heard on the studio window as Joe Hart, Dion Dublin and Jermaine Defoe all tried to catch a glimpse of the culprit. New Match of the Day host Mark Chapman said: "They're angry behind at that first half... take us through that Dion."
However, Chapman was cut off by the x-rated comment from the fan - only for Dublin to respond: "I'l take him outside!" Laughter erupted in the studio as Chapman added: "You do that and I'll be just behind you!"
Spurs were a goal down at the break, after Jacob Ramsey had fired Villa ahead in the opening minute.
Aston Villa, with new signing Marcus Rashford on the bench, were in the ascendancy - and it didn't take long for them to have their second after the break.
Morgan Rogers was on target for the second as Villa cruised into the fifth round of the cup. Tottenham's fight back only took shape in added time when new signing Mathys Tel bundled the ball home.
It's another blow for Spurs boss Postecoglou, who admitted to the BBC Spurs are struggling with injuries: "Nothing really changes. We have a couple of weeks now where we don't have midweek games.
"This group has done an unbelievable job for two and a half months. I can't praise them enough, playing twice a week since November. They'll get the chance to reset now and finish the season strong.
"Europe is still very important to us, we're still in a great spot there, and we'll hope to get some players back over the next two weeks.
"We'll get players back which will help, we had 11 first-team players out today. Take that out of any team for one game and they would struggle - we've been doing that for two and a half months.
"The players are going out there and giving everything they can. It would be a lot better if they had some help."