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Tottenham Hotspur fans who booed keeper Vicario were informed afterwards "they can't be real Tottenham supporters" by manager Thomas Frank.

Tottenham conceded a pair of scores in the first initial moments to fall 2-1 to Fulham, marking their tenth top-flight at home defeat of 2025.

However the main talking point was Fulham's second score when the keeper gave away the ball far beyond his area.

He ventured out to deal with a high pass and took the ball near the touchline.

But, rather than booting it into touch, the Italian spun and attempted to clear, but lost his footing as the ball glanced off Harry Wilson and was collected by King.

King passed the ball off to Wales midfield player Wilson, who curled a strike into the net from the touchline recorded at 36.6 metres.

Seconds afterwards when the ball went to Vicario again, a number of Spurs fans jeered him.

Spurs were jeered off at the interval, with the side 2-0 behind, and again at full-time.

One of those jeering episodes really irritated Frank.

"It came to my attention some of our supporters apparently booed the situation and booed after, which, in my view is completely unacceptable," the Dane commented about the fans' reaction to his goalkeeper.

"Those individuals cannot be true Tottenham supporters that do that. Fair enough booing after the game, fine, but when we are in play, we are supporting each other, we are with one another moving ahead."

Kenny Tete had given Fulham a early advantage prior to Wilson's strike – with Mohammed Kudus netting for Tottenham in an better second period showing.

Ex- top-flight keeper Joe Hart remarked that the next score was "totally avoidable".

"I certainly appreciate the supporters' frustration," Hart continued. "I am aware the part the keeper is performing. He is a great squad member, he is a true leader in the locker room but in the end you are going to be assessed by your decisions.

"He was heavily implicated in what ended up to be the decisive goal."

'It's Part of Football, I'm a Big Man'

Italy international the keeper is in his third campaign with Tottenham.

The 29-year-old said after the game that he had to accept the criticism.

"The second score was a mistake of my own, I take responsibility for that," he commented.

"My aim was to clear the ball far and I simply struck the ball in a bad manner. That made an even bigger challenge to overcome."

He said receiving jeers "is part of the game".

"I'm a big man, what can I say?" he added. "We can't be influenced by the circumstances in the stands. Supporters have the right to do what they think.

"It's on the team to stay increasingly calm, to concentrate on ourselves. We are lacking in calmness and poise to reverse results. This match is a bad defeat and it's hard to take."

'I Was Surprised Nobody Returned to the Goal Line'

Despite Vicario's error, it was far from an easy score for Wilson to score.

In fact it was the next longest-range Premier League score of the season – following Adams' 43.3 yard strike for Bournemouth against the Black Cats, which interestingly too came on Saturday.

Wilson said he was "somewhat surprised" that he still had an empty net to target.

Ten moments passed between Vicario exiting of his area and Wilson striking – which was five seconds after the clearance.

"It seemed to me like the goalkeeper was out of the box for ages," he remarked.

"It amazed me not one of the defenders returned to the goal line. When none of them defended the net, my interest sparked a bit.

"[Destiny] Udogie slipped as well, which allowed me a little additional time. After that it was solely about trying to make the right contact and place it on target. I felt a good sense, as soon as it left my foot, that it was heading in."

'When You're in a Poor Run, Everything Seems to Work Against You'

Although Vicario's error dominated coverage, this was an overall poor day for Spurs to continue their home woes.

The match was their tenth home loss of the year in the league, a joint club record along with nineteen ninety-four and 2003.

They still have home games against the manager's old side Brentford and title holders the Reds to play prior to the end of the year.

Only one of those wins have occurred since Frank took over from Ange Postecoglou in the summer.

"When you're down 2-0 after the opening, there is a huge challenge to climb," stated the boss.

"During in a bad spell, all aspects seems to work against you too – the first was a redirected attempt, the next is a mistake from the keeper.

"The outcome leaves us in a place where we have suffered an additional match. Each fixture has a unique story, today we were defeated in the early stages.

"We just need to keep working. The later period was significantly improved and with luck something we can use to learn."

Tottenham have been defeated in 4 straight at home capital clashes for the initial time in the Premier League.

And they are averaging 9.5 shots and 3.2 efforts on goal per game in the division – their lowest rates on record in a single campaign (dating back to 2003-04).

Ex- Fulham midfielder Murphy commented that Frank has to endure the criticism.

"He must accept the criticism," the pundit remarked. "He's accepted a prestigious role at a major football club with enormous anticipation. There is scrutiny and responsibility that comes with that.

"Their showings at home have been poor and they have to improve {quickly|