OPINION
Tottenham fans will have thick heads today as they digest the disappointment and frustration of a second cup defeat in four days to leave their slim trophy hopes resting on winning the first Champions League in their history. Sunday’s 2-0 FA Cup loss to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park provided clear proof of how the squad is running on empty after coping manfully for so long with a never-ending injury list. It did not help deal with the pain of defeat to Palace that ex-Spur Andros Townsend scored the winning goal with a penalty. As far as Lilywhites were concerned, at least their club’s academy prospect did not twist the knife further by launching into a celebration. Instead, he kept his powder dry and explained on his personal Twitter account afterwards that was out of “respect” for the club where he spent 16 years as man and boy. Tottenham fans certainly appreciated the gesture and many hailed his abilities with comments such as “proper player” and “wish you were here”.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Proper player. Would’ve loved him in our team today.
— Gavin Wilkins (@GavWilkins) January 27, 2019
Respect Andros – Best of luck for the rest of the season, and it’s a joy speaking your dad @Towno10 on our show.
— Ricky Sacks ? (@RickySacks) January 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/SpursFunnies/status/1089617881954955265
Top lad Andros. Terrible result for us today but appreciated that gesture. Still one of us! #COYS
— Lara © (@laazarini7) January 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/jcthfc/status/1089624955858419712
The bar today spontaneously applauded your gesture so it wasn’t unnoticed.
— Brooklyn Spurs (@bklynspurs) January 27, 2019
Top man @andros_townsend showed upmost class by not over celebrating your goal today v @SpursOfficial, you’ll always be part of our family. @CPFC fully deserved their win today no doubt at all. Good luck in the cup & the rest of the season.
— ????Ash Patel???? (@Ashishpatel1972) January 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/deano311984/status/1089616932788203520
https://twitter.com/LDNSpurs/status/1089659962983415810
@andros_townsend fair play for today mate you’ve got the respect of every spurs fan, maybe slightly more if you put it over on purpose but yeah 😉
— ????? (@oJaayCo) January 27, 2019
Absolute class
— MV (@VamosYids) January 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/rihardsthfc/status/1089633917920051201