Arsenal legend Alan Smith was left stunned as Tottenham fans turned on Guglielmo Vicario during their Premier League defeat to Fulham.
Spurs endured a disastrous begin to Saturday’s home game against Fulham, with the visitors opening up a 2-0 lead inside seven minutes.
Kenny Tete gave Fulham an early lead and Vicario was at fault for the second, resulting in a furious response from the Tottenham fans.
Vicario got here out to intercept a through ball but as an alternative of clearing his lines while under pressure, the the Italian dithered on the ball.
Together with his options narrowing by the second, Vicario tried to pass the ball down the road but his clearance found a Fulham player who gave Harry Wilson the possibility to curve home into an empty net.
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Loud boos rang out and several other Tottenham fans may very well be seen gesturing angrily at Vicario as he made his way back into the Spurs goal.
The ball from the kick-off was then played back to Vicario and more boos reverberated across the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when the 29-year-old shot-stopper was on the ball.
Just a few moments later Vicario again chased down a Fulham long ball, this time selecting to kick the ball out of play, drawing sarcastic cheers from the house faithful.
‘Vicario is getting absolute pelters from his own supporters,’ ex-Arsenal striker Smith said on Sky Sports. ‘He makes an entire hash of his clearance.
‘You don’t often see that, do you? Fans booing one in all their very own, seven minutes right into a match. Booing a goalkeeper as well, which is clearly a significant position for the team.
‘The fans haven’t been completely satisfied with him but they turned on him violently there. He’s not the one goalkeeper that’s done that – we see goalkeepers come out often they usually don’t all the time get the clearances right.
‘But on top of this dreadful home form, it’s not what he or Spurs needed. That will definitely be a low point of Vicario’s profession… 50,000 of your individual supporters booing you.’
Mohammed Kudus got a goal back for Tottenham after half-time but Fulham held on to win 2-1 and pull six points clear of the relegation zone.
Spurs’ fourth defeat in six games leaves Thomas Frank’s side tenth within the Premier League – 4 points outside the Champions League places.
Tottenham’s only league win at home this season got here against newly-promoted Burnley on the opening weekend.
Spurs have in truth won just three league matches in N17 over the past 12 month, their worst run over a 20-game period for the reason that Nineteen Nineties.
Tottenham fared much better of their final season at White Hart Lane, claiming 53 points out of a possible 57 – the very best record within the Premier League.
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