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mickey van de ven He has insisted that frustration was the only reason behind his reaction after Saturday’s defeat to Chelsea and it was nothing against Tottenham boss Thomas Frank.
Van de Ven makes headlines with Spurs teammate Jade Spence He then ignored Frank’s instructions to applaud the home fans and walked straight down the tunnel amid the noise.
It was a fascinating exchange and an unwanted distraction for Tottenham after a soft performance in the London derby. However, both apologized on Sunday and Van de Ven improved strongly with a spectacular solo goal in Tuesday’s 4–0 defeat. Copenhagen,
When asked about the weekend’s incident, Van de Ven said: “It’s in the past so I don’t want to make it bigger than it is. Jade and I left, after the game we were just disappointed and to be honest everything got exposed by the media.
“To be honest, it was nothing big. Everyone thinks it was the gaffer, it was nothing to do with the gaffer. After the game we were just disappointed because my performance was also bad.
“We want to play well and in my opinion, I didn’t play well, so I was disappointed and I just wanted to get in early.”
One of the club’s key performers during a rollercoaster 2025 season, Van de Ven was fouled in possession outside the penalty area against Chelsea, resulting in Joao Pedro’s winner.
Yet that failed to stop the Netherlands defender trying to wriggle his way out of trouble on Tuesday, and this time it got an excellent result.
The 24-year-old went on a brilliant run from the edge of Spurs’ penalty area and then finished with confidence in front of a spectacular South Stand.
It was surprisingly similar to the goal scored by former Tottenham captain Son Heung-min in 2019 burnley Who later won the FIFA Puskas Award.
“I know that goal, it was a good goal, finished with an assist,” Van de Ven said with a smile, before reminding him of similar runs against Everton and Manchester United last season.
“Every time I start to dribble I see a gap opening up in front of me. At one point I think there were some players around me and I passed by and I saw the path to goal was open, so I said, ‘Okay, I keep going now, I have to finish it.’
“At that point I was like, ‘I need to score this.’ Luckily it happened.”
After a run of five wins in a row, Tottenham bounced back in style to secure the biggest win of Frank’s 17-game tenure.
While Van de Veen grabbed the headlines, international teammates xavi simmons The strings were pulled even before a red card for the Wales forward and set up Brennan Johnson’s opener, resulting in Xavi being withdrawn early.
Xavi was still voted UEFA’s player of the match and Van de Ven praised his £52 million summer contract from Leipzig.
“Xavi had a fantastic performance,” Van de Ven said. “He created some really big chances.
“Of course he’s in a new country, so everything is different. Everyone has a lot of expectations from him right away.”
“He played good games but obviously you (media) guys always look at him in certain ways, but game by game you see him step up. He was fantastic.”