Joe Hart has apologised after a post appeared on his Instagram saying “job done” after Tottenham Hotspur’s Europa League exit at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb.
Spurs were in control of their Europa League last 16 tie with Zagreb. The first leg took place at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the hosts won 2-0. Harry Kane netted in either half to place his side into the ascendency.
They travelled to Croatia to face Zagreb in the second leg on Thursday. Tottenham were still in control at half time as the tie remained goalless.
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But a dramatic second half ensued as Mislav Orsic turned the game on its head. The forward scored in the 62nd and 82nd minutes to level the tie on aggregate. He completed his hat-trick in extra-time with a superb strike that dumped Spurs out of the competition.
Jose Mourinho criticised the attitude of his players after the game. Despite the loss, Hart posted a celebratory post on his Instagram story shortly after the end of the game.
The post included an image with the scoreline that was captioned “job done”. This was quickly deleted and Hart has released an apology for the incident on Friday morning.
In the statement, which has been cited by GOAL, Hart said that the post came from one of his social media team, but he concedes that it was “unacceptable” and “sloppy” on their part:
“I feel I need to come on and make an apology on behalf of my social media team. I’ve just woken up, but it has just been brought to my attention that someone thought we had won 3-0 last night. Sloppy as it sounds, it’s the truth.
“They posted ‘Job Done’. It’s unacceptable, I’m sure a lot of people are unhappy and I’m sorry for that. It has obviously not come from me, I’ve got nothing but love for the team and I’m just as down as the boys are, so apologies.
“Unfortunately stuff like this happens, just know that it didn’t come from any place other than a typo.”
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