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Tottenham Hotspur supporters who booed goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario were told afterwards "they can't be true Tottenham fans" by boss Thomas Frank.

Spurs conceded twice in the opening six minutes to lose 2-1 to Fulham, their 10th Premier League home defeat of 2025.

But the main talking point was Fulham's second goal when Vicario lost possession well outside of his box.

He came out to deal with a long ball and took the ball towards the touchline.

However, instead of booting it out of play, the Italian turned and tried to clear, but slipped as the ball skimmed off Harry Wilson and was controlled by Josh King

King laid the ball off to Wales midfielder WIlson, who curled a shot into the goal from the touchline measured at 36.6 metres.

Moments later when the ball came to Vicario again, some Spurs fans booed him.

Despite Vicario's mistake, it was not an easy goal for Wilson to score.

In fact it was the second longest-range Premier League goal of the season – after Tyler Adams' 43.3m goal for Bournemouth against Sunderland, which incidentally also came on Saturday.

Wilson said he was a "little bit surprised" that he still had an empty goal to aim for.

Ten seconds passed between Vicario coming out of his box and Wilson shooting - which was five seconds after the clearance.

"I felt like the goalkeeper was out of the box for ages," Wilson said.

"I was surprised none of the back four went back to the line. When none of them defended the goal, my eyes lit up a bit.

"[Destiny] Udogie slipped too, which gave me a bit of extra time. Then it was all about trying to make the right contact and get it on target. I had a good feeling, as soon as it left my foot, that it was on the right line."

Match of the Day pundits Joe Hart and Danny Murphy analyse Guglielmo Vicario's mistake for Tottenham that allowed Fulham's Harry Wilson to produce "a piece of art" and increase the pressure on Spurs manager Thomas Frank.

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Tottenham Hotspur supporters who booed goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario were told afterwards "they can't be true Tottenham fans" by boss Thomas Frank.

Spurs conceded twice in the opening six minutes to lose 2-1 to Fulham, their 10th Premier League home defeat of 2025.

But the main talking point was Fulham's second goal when Vicario lost possession well outside of his box.

He came out to deal with a long ball and took the ball towards the touchline.

However, instead of booting it out of play, the Italian turned and tried to clear, but slipped as the ball skimmed off Harry Wilson and was controlled by Josh King

King laid the ball off to Wales midfielder WIlson, who curled a shot into the goal from the touchline measured at 36.6 metres.

Moments later when the ball came to Vicario again, some Spurs fans booed him.

The team were booed off at half-time, with the club 2-0 down, and again at full-time.

One of those booing sessions really irritated Frank.

"I heard some of our fans apparently booed the incident and booed after, which, in my opinion is completely unacceptable," the Dane told BBC Sport of the fans' reaction to his goalkeeper.

"[They] can't be true Tottenham fans that do that. Fair enough booing after the game, no problem, but when we are playing, we are supporting each other, we are behind each other going forward."

Kenny Tete had given Fulham a fourth-minute lead before Wilson's strike - with Mohammed Kudus netting for Spurs in an improved second-half showing.

Italy international Vicario is in his third season with Tottenham.

The 29-year-old told Sky Sports after this game that he had to accept the criticism.

"The second goal was a mistake of mine, I take responsibility for that," he said.

"The intent was to clear the ball long and I just hit the ball in a bad way. It was an even bigger mountain to climb."

He said being booed "is part of football".

"I'm a big man, what can I say?" he continued. "We cannot be influenced by the situation in the stands. The fans have the right to do what they think.

"It's on us to stay more calm, to focus on ourselves. We are lacking in composure and calmness to overturn results. Today is a bad defeat and it's tough to accept."

Despite Vicario's mistake, it was not an easy goal for Wilson to score.

In fact it was the second longest-range Premier League goal of the season – after Tyler Adams' 43.3m goal for Bournemouth against Sunderland, which incidentally also came on Saturday.

Wilson said he was a "little bit surprised" that he still had an empty goal to aim for.

Ten seconds passed between Vicario coming out of his box and Wilson shooting - which was five seconds after the clearance.

"I felt like the goalkeeper was out of the box for ages," Wilson said.

"I was surprised none of the back four went back to the line. When none of them defended the goal, my eyes lit up a bit.

"[Destiny] Udogie slipped too, which gave me a bit of extra time. Then it was all about trying to make the right contact and get it on target. I had a good feeling, as soon as it left my foot, that it was on the right line."

While Vicario's mistake dominated headlines, this was an all-round bad day for Spurs to continue their home woes.

This was their 10th home defeat of 2025 in the league, a joint club record along with 1994 and 2003.

They still have home games against Frank's old side Brentford and champions Liverpool to come before the end of the year.

Only one of those wins have come since Frank replaced Ange Postecoglou in the summer.

Spurs have lost four consecutive home London derbies for the first time in the Premier League.

And they are averaging 9.5 shots and 3.2 shots on target per game in the Premier League - their lowest averages on record in a single campaign (since at least 2003-04).

"When you're down 2-0 after six minutes, there is a mountain to climb," said Frank.

"When you're in a bad spell, everything seems to go against you as well - the first was a deflected shot, the second is a mistake from Vic.

"This result leaves us in a place where we have lost another game. Every game has a single story, this game we lost in the first six minutes.

"We just need to keep working. The second half was much better and hopefully something we can use to learn."

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Fulham score two goals in the opening six minutes to secure a 2-1 victory at Tottenham and inflict a fourth home defeat in seven Premier League games this season for Thomas Frank's side.

MATCH REPORT: Tottenham 1-2 Fulham

Tottenham's Jekyll and Hyde form continues.

A promising performance in a 5-3 defeat by Paris St-Germain on Wednesday was followed up by a first-half disaster in the 2-1 loss to Fulham.

This was their 10th home defeat of 2025 in the Premier League and they have never lost more than 10 home league games in a year in their history.

Frank's side were sloppy at the back and toothless up front.

For the first goal, Samuel Chukwueze's pass managed to go between two players before finding Kenny Tete.

Moments later Guglielmo Vicario ran out of his box to deal with a long ball, took it to the corner and then hit a weak clearance straight to Harry Wilson for the second goal.

The goalkeeper was booed by his own fans a minute later when the ball came to him again.

Spurs had never trailed a Premier League home game by two goals after six minutes before. And it could have got worse.

Chukwueze hit the post after Spurs failed to deal with a corner – and the winger took the ball around Vicario only to be denied an open-goal opportunity by Micky van de Ven.

In the first half, they had 16 open-play crosses with none finding a team-mate – and did not fashion a single realistic scoring opportunity.

The second half was much better – although it could not have been worse. But only two of their efforts were on target and only Mohammed Kudus was able to beat Bernd Leno, with a fine strike from Lucas Bergvall's clipped ball over the top.

Tottenham make four changes from the side that lost 5-3 to Paris St-Germain in the Champions League.

Kevin Danso, Joao Palhinha, Destiny Udogie and Mohammed Kudus replace Djed Spence, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pape Sarr and Cristian Romero - who is suspended today.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Vicario, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie, Porro, Palhinha, Gray, Bergvall, Kudus, Richarlison, Kolo Muani.

Subs: Kinsky, Simons, Tel, Johnson, Spence, Odobert, Sarr, Bentancur, Davies.

Just one Fulham change from the side who beat Sunderland 1-0 with Samuel Chukwueze replacing Kevin. Sasa Lukic is back on the bench after a ban.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Sessegnon, Berge, Iwobi, King, Chukwueze, Wilson, Jimenez.

As Thomas Frank is finding out, Tottenham are just an odd club. Some Spurs fans are questioning whether he has the credentials to manage them, which I don't understand. All he needs is time.

Mark Chapman reeled off a stat on the Monday Night Club that Tottenham are a big-six club because they are fifth in the table for total points gained in the Premier League era.

Come on, Chappers. We are better than that. Have Spurs ever won the Premier League? No. Is there a 'total points' trophy? Also a no.

Spurs are a big club, but that's from their distant history, not from what they have done since 1992. They are well-supported and have got a fantastic stadium, but you don't win trophies for those things either.

They need to get things right on the pitch but when they have brought in a manager who did win something with them, Ange Postecoglou, they have sacked him.

I am sure Spurs will improve, if Frank is given a chance. They played well in defeat against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday and that makes me think they might have too much for Fulham.

Marco Silva's side really needed their win over Sunderland to avoid being dragged into the relegation scrap, and they are still not out of trouble.

Fulham's away record is pretty awful but then so is Tottenham's home form, so the obvious thing to go for here is a draw.

It's only taken me four seasons of doing these predictions, but I am finally applying some logic.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

After a promising start to life as Tottenham manager, Thomas Frank is quickly discovering that managing Spurs brings a whole new level of pressure.

Sunday's chastening 4-1 defeat by Arsenal was one of the most one-sided north London derbies in recent memory and means Spurs have won only one of their past five Premier League games.

The Lilywhites were much improved in an attacking sense during a Champions League trip to champions Paris St-Germain on Wednesday, despite falling to a 5-3 defeat.

After two tough away games, a return to their own stadium to face Fulham would bring much-needed home comforts for most clubs. Not Spurs.

While they have the joint best away record in the top flight this season, their only league victory at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium came against newly promoted Burnley on the opening weekend.

Frank's side have looked blunt in front of their own supporters, with creativity, goals and excitement at a premium.

However, these struggles at home have been rumbling for a while. Spurs have won only three league matches in N17 in the past 12 months, their worst run over a 20-game period for 31 years.

It is a far cry from their unbeaten final season at White Hart Lane in 2016-17 when their haul of 53 points out of a possible 57 at home was the best in the Premier League.

With generally positive displays on the road, why has Frank been unable to make his own ground a fortress?

Former Tottenham midfielders Danny Murphy and Michael Carrick give their verdicts on why it has not been home sweet home for Spurs this season.

Spurs have scored seven goals in six home league games this season, while only Burnley have had fewer shots on target than their 18.

Frank's midfield selections have come under fire for being too defensive. Remarkably, Spurs have made four throughballs this season. Leaders Arsenal have made 43.

"When you look at the make-up of their team, the midfield isn't particularly creative," Murphy told BBC Sport.

"It feels like none of their frontline are playing with any confidence. They look a bit lightweight in the front area of the pitch.

"Away from home, that doesn't matter as much, because they can be more pragmatic - look for the set-plays, play on the counter and be hard to beat - and they don't have the expectation of the 60,000 home supporters to go after teams and really try to win games.

"That makes a difference to players. Away from home, you can kind of do it at your own pace and it is OK for you to be without the ball.

"The games we've seen Tottenham do well in away from home have actually been comfortable at times for them - their win at Everton was a good example of that.

"But that lack of cohesion and rhythm in the front three, where things have changed so much - and even that little tweak in midfield where sometimes it's a 10, sometimes it's three midfielders - it all looks a little bit higgledy-piggledy.

"It means Spurs can look a bit too safe at home, with no-one playing with any belief or confidence to get on the ball."

Spurs fans have been quick to get on their side's back, with booing a regular backdrop to home league games this season.

"It does have an effect," says Murphy. "It's a simple case of the anxiety of the crowd is transmitted on to the pitch in the same way their confidence is when they are all for you and things are going well.

"So when things are going badly, the same players who are capable of doing things with the ball, you see them playing with more freedom on the road and they start playing a bit safer at home because they don't want to be the one who gets the moan and the groan from the crowd when they give the ball away.

"It can sometimes take real mental toughness for a player to get through that, and you need a good result or two at home to then go back to playing freer."

Despite only Wolves having a worse record in front of their own fans this season, Carrick and Murphy say Frank will get things right.

"It's early days," says Carrick. "He's trying to change a few things. The priority was defending better as a team and implementing a totally different structure and concentrating on that a bit more.

"As time goes on they will get better."

Murphy says: "Although it's concerning, overall there has been enough improvement under Frank for the fans to have hope things will get better.

"You can't run before you can walk. Of course they would want more points than they have got at home, but I look at them and think they will get better there.

"They just need a bit of luck in the fixture list, where you have your best team available. Get a couple of good wins and you can very quickly change the whole mood.

"Thomas Frank is not daft and I think he sees the problems. He also knows the quality that he has got to come back.

"It is short-term pain for long-term gain for Spurs. I don't think their home form is a problem that is going to last very long once they get their injured players back."