Dion Dublin jokes he'll FIGHT a fan after rowdy supporter branded him a 'w****r' live on air in BBC studio during Aston Villa's win over Spurs

Dion Dublin joked he would have a scrap with a fan who labelled him a 'w****r' during Aston Villa's 2-1 FA Cup victory over Tottenham. The pundit might have thought he was safe from threatening behaviour in the BBC's plush, glass-guarded studio at Villa Park on Sunday evening. But one Tottenham fan pushed the boundaries as they banged repeatedly on the glass to get Dublin's attention before unleashing their verbal poison.

Little did they know that Dublin had it in him to lash back with a hilarious quip that would leave any supporter knock-kneed. 'I'll take him outside in a minute,' came the wisecrack from the Homes Under the Hammer presenter. Dublin spent six seasons playing for Villa and had been invited to offer his expertise on the fourth-round clash alongside Joe Hart and Jermain Defoe, with Mark Chapman hosting. A Spurs fan banging on the studio window calling Dion Dublin a “w*nker”😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/tpJBiu9EEQ.

Dion Dublin joked that he would fight with a fan who branded him a 'w****r' live on air. The pundit quipped that they could 'go outside' during Aston Villa's 1-0 win over Tottenham. Villa advanced to the last 16 of the FA Cup after Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers scored. Villa piled yet more pressure on Ange Postecoglou as goals in either half from Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers were enough to progress. Unai Emery's side were up after 57 seconds as Antonin Kinsky let Ramsey's early effort slip over him, a blunder which Alan Shearer called a 'howler'.

Spurs gave themselves a glimmer of hope in stooppage time as Mathys Tel pulled one back with his first goal on loan from Bayern Munich, but it was too little, too late. The game also saw Marcus Rashford pull on the number nine shirt to make his debut off the bench for Villa after joining on loan from Manchester United. Spurs have now crashed out of both domestic cups within four days following their 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday.

The Londoners went into the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg with a 1-0 advantage but, despite adopting a more conservative style, were unable to keep out the Merseyside bulldozer. After the Villa defeat, Postecoglou told the BBC: '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.

Mathys Tel bagged his first Tottenham goal but it wasn't enough to reverse the result. Ange Postecoglou pointed to the fact his side had 11 first-team players missing as a reason for defeat. '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.'. Asked what advice he would have for Postecoglou, Hart, who plays under him at Celtic, said: 'Stay strong. It's a real tough moment and you can see that he feels it, he wears it with his heart on his sleeve. 'At this moment in time, he's being tested, he's really being tested. 'He's being tested in his beliefs, he's asking questions of himself. Of course he is, we all do in difficult moments in time.