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JAMIE REDKNAPP: Eric Dier showed footballer's halos can slip

I remember times my brother, Mark, got angry or upset if someone was having a go at me in the stands. He’d want to say something.

For me, it became par for the course; the life of a professional football player. You’d take it — and sometimes you’d give it back. I don’t mind admitting to telling the odd critic to do one!

Eric Dier, we’re told, was targeted by an unhappy fan at full time. Dier had played well at centre back and scored his penalty in the shootout. Yet, still, as he walked to the tunnel and looked for his family, he was abused.