Tottenham Hotspur may need to drop goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario following his performance in his side's 2-1 win against Leeds United in the Premier League.
Leeds entered the game unbeaten at Elland Road, having picked up a win and two draws against Everton, Newcastle United and Bournemouth respectively. They, along with Sunderland and Burnley, have made a much better start to the season than any of the promoted teams in the last campaign.
They were hosting a Spurs side that, under Thomas Frank, had lost just one of their opening six Premier League campaigns and were also unbeaten in the Champions League. It was the visitors that opened the scoring, when a deflected strike from Mathys Tel sailed beyond Karl Darlow.
The Whites, however, remained in the game and before half-time had levelled the score through Noah Okafor, who signed for the club in the summer. After just over 10 minutes of the second half had been played, Spurs retained the lead through Mohammed Kudus with another deflected strike. The attacker, in scoring, netted his first Premier League goal for Tottenham since joining them from West Ham.
Leeds battled to try and find an equaliser, but were unable to pick up any points against Spurs, who continued their impressive start to the season. Tottenham were solid across the pitch against Leeds, who certainly made the Lilywhites work for their result. There was one particular player, though, who had yet another worrying performance for the North London side.
Vicario Needs To Be Dropped
For Leeds' goal, Okafor could not have missed, tapping the ball into what was basically an empty net from just yards away. The Spurs goalkeeper, Vicario, had dived to save a shot from Brenden Aaronson, but was unable to claim the ball, instead parrying it into Okafor's path.
Vicario, who did not appear particularly confident against Leeds, has been prone to poor games in recent months. The Italian was a particular favourite of Ange Postecoglou, who continously played Vicario when he was fit, almost irrespective of his form.
In the 2025 January transfer window, Spurs signed goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky from Slavia Prague. The Czech shot-stopper was drafted in for Tottenham during a particularly tough run of fixtures and outside of that brief period, has never really had an extended chance in the first team.
With Frank's tactical influence, Tottenham have certainly seemed more settled in defence than they did under Postecoglou. As such, it might be ideal timing to give Kinsky a run of games and see what level of performance he can produce with a more reassuring defence in front of him.
Following his display against Leeds, a number of Spurs fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to voice their opinions on the Italian shot-stopper.
Fans Furious With Vicario
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Vicario's shaky performance against Leeds was noticed by a number of Tottenham fans, with a multitude of comments made about the Italian.
"Vicario. No pressure on him at all. Boots the ball to their keeper. He is so frustrating."
"Vicario is such a concern...last person who should be in the leadership group."
The Spurs Watch claimed that "Vicario needs to be dropped," as another said that Vicario, along with midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur, need to "pack (their) bags." One fan stated that Vicario had "been awful for weeks" and as such, needed to be dropped, with another supporter simply describing him as "shocking."