Micky van de Ven scored a stunner - running from the edge of his own penalty area - on Tuesday night in Tottenham's 4-0 thrashing of Copenhagen
Micky van de Ven claims his decision to walk off the pitch - instead of applauding supporters - after Tottenham's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea was blown out of proportion.
The Dutchman, who netted an incredible solo goal on Tuesday night in Spurs' 4-0 Champions League demolition of Copenhagen, has now put the issue to bed after both he and Djed Spence personally apologised to Thomas Frank unprompted on Sunday.
The 24-year-old said: "To be honest of course it’s the past so I don’t want to make it bigger than it is. Djed [Spence] and I walked [off], we were just frustrated after the game and everything got really exploded to be honest by the media, it was nothing big to be honest.
"Everyone thinks it was the gaffer, there was nothing to do with the gaffer. We were just frustrated after the game because of a bad performance from myself as well.
"We want to play well and I didn’t play well in my opinion so I was just frustrated and I just wanted to go quick inside, as I said it got exploded by the media out of nowhere."
Further goals from Brennan Johnson, who was also sent off, Wilson Odobert and Joao Palhinha saw Tottenham bounce back from last weekend in style as they wiped the floor with their Danish opponents to extend their unbeaten European run.
Still, Van de Ven can understand the frustration amongst supporters following the Chelsea derby defeat and he was more than satisfied with the response from his team-mates.
He added: "Against Chelsea it was really frustrating. We played a derby at home against Chelsea and it’s a massive game for us but also for the fans, we didn’t play really well as a team, it was a bad performance from our side.
"We needed to bounce back in a positive way and I think we did that tonight and I think we did that really well."
Van de Ven said of his goal, which has drawn comparisons to Son Heung-min's Puskas Award winner versus Burnley in December 2019: "I know that goal, it was a good one.
"Today I get the ball in my own box, I see the gap opening every time in front of me when I start dribbling.
"At one point I think some players were around me and I came through and I saw the way was open to the goal so I was like ‘ok I keep going now I need to finish this’. At that point I was saying ‘I need to score this one’. Luckily it happened."