Tottenham Hotspurs fan gets sentenced for kicking Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale

 A 35-year-old London man has been banned from attending soccer games for four years after pleing guilty to assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at end of a match in January.

Ramsdale was kicked in back shortly after Arsenal beat fierce rival Tottenham 2-0 in rth London derby in Premier League.

Joseph Watts pleed guilty Friday at Uxbridge Magistrates Court to three charges including assault by beating.

Watts, a Tottenham fan, was also given a community-service order and instructed to pay Ramsdale 100 pounds ($120) in compensation.

Watts h climbed over a barrier before kicking goalkeeper, who h gone behind one of goals at Tottenham Hotspur Stium to pick up his water bottle.

Ramsdale in a victim-impact statement re to court said he saw a masseuse because his back felt “heavy.” goalkeeper said he's also wary of similar incidents happening in future.

Watts has apologized to Ramsdale and both clubs.

“He takes full responsibility for those actions, which were deplorable and which football player should ever have to endure from a fan,” Football Law Associates attorney Robert Perkins, who represented Watts, said in a statement. “He accepts punishment of court and w wishes to move on with his life.”