Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier mysteriously rushed off from the pitch during their Carabao Cup fourth round clash against Chelsea to use the toilet.
Dier confirmed he needed the toilet, but his absence almost cost his team a goal in the second half.
Already 1-0 down after Timo Werner’s first goal in a Chelsea shirt, Callum Hudson-Odoi wasted a golden opportunity to double his side’s lead when he blazed over the bar.
It led to Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho rushing to the changing room to fetch Dier.
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Shortly afterwards, Dier walked out of the changing room and back on to the pitch as Erik Lamela’s 81st-minute goal took the game to penalties.
After nine perfect penalties, Mason Mount missed his spot-kick and Chelsea’s fifth as Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals.
Explaining the toilet incident, Dier told Sky Sports: “He [Mourinho] wasn’t happy, but there wasn’t anything I could do about it.
“Nature was calling! I heard there was a chance, but thankfully they didn’t take it.”
Reacting to the incident Mourinho reserved ‘special’ praise for Dier.
He said: “He had to go. There was no other chance. He had to go. Maybe it’s a normal thing when you are dehydrated.
“I knew he had to go but I just wanted to put some pressure on him.
“What happened to Eric Dier is not normal. I have to praise him in a special way.
“So many rules should be forbidden for a player to play in 48 hours of this intensity. What Eric Dier did is not human to do.”
And legendary England striker Gary Lineker, who famously soiled himself during the Three Lion’s 1990 World Cup match against Ireland, commented Tweeting: “Strange scenes as @ericdier runs off the pitch to the dressing room, followed hastily by Mourinho.
“Then Dier runs back out to resume playing. Presumably he needed the loo. Players just don’t shit on the pitch anymore. What’s wrong with them?”
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This is too funny! Dier has no choice but to bow to the call of nature.
You can’t cheat nature. When the thing hook you, you must go!
I sincerely hope nature does not come calling on our players during upcoming international matches, lol!
very Hilarious!!! Maybe he ate Ewedu Soup with Amala..
Hahahaha, you may be right. I have white friends who love Nigerian food.
Next time, Dier should stay away from the spicy stuff before matches!
At this rate, we can only fit that many players in the Super Eagles however we now have a wider pull of players to follow, praise, celebrate and also criticise in club football week in week out.
It has been painful to watch Ademola Lookman rot on Leipzig bench. Such a precocious talent definitely deserves more.
Now that has has secured a loan move to Fulham, that gives us the opportunity to track another Nigeria-eligible player in the prestigious English Premier League.
If he gets regular playing time and he churns out pristine performances on a regular basis, then that is one player that we can clamour to be included in the Super Eagles project if the vacancy arises.
Lookman plays as a winger and that is a position that the Super Eagles is not short of options.
But, the good thing about all of this now is that there can be no excuse for including subpar players in the Super Eagles going forward.
I am only too happy for that this move to the English Premier League will enhance the quantity (but crucially) the quality of options available to Gernot Rohr at this time.
It will be beautiful to see Lookman playing more regularly to regularly push for a place in the Super Eagles.
Aot fulltime