As a footballer, I heard a lot of things from fans they shouldn’t be shouting. I caught a lot of stuff about my mum, my wife, my kids. But you still don’t go into the crowd, full stop.
Like Eric Dier, I was in the privileged position of representing a wonderful club in Tottenham and though it might sound harsh to non-players, if you aren’t capable of listening to verbals at that level, you need to have a chat with yourself.
I should stress at this point I’m not talking about racist or homophobic comments because, besides being totally unacceptable, both of those pose a wider threat to society compared to something personal.