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Tottenham Hotspur fans who jeered goalkeeper Vicario were informed later "they cannot be real Spurs fans" by manager Frank.

Tottenham conceded two goals in the opening six minutes to lose 2-1 to Fulham, marking their 10th top-flight home loss of the year.

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

The goalkeeper ventured out to handle a long ball and took the ball towards the touchline.

However, rather than kicking it into touch, the Italian turned and attempted to clear, but lost his footing as the ball glanced off Wilson and was controlled by Josh King.

King passed the ball off to Welsh midfielder Wilson, who curled a shot into the goal from the sideline recorded at 36.6 metres.

Seconds afterwards when the ball went to Vicario again, some Tottenham fans jeered him.

Spurs were jeered off at the interval, with the side 2-0 down, and once more at the final whistle.

One of those booing sessions truly irritated the manager.

"I heard some of our fans reportedly booed the incident and booed after, which, in my opinion is completely unjustifiable," the Danish manager commented about the fans' response to his shot-stopper.

"Those individuals can't be real Tottenham supporters that act that way. Fair enough jeering after the match, no problem, but when we are in play, we are backing each other, we are behind each other moving ahead."

Tete had handed the visitors a early lead before Wilson's goal – with Mohammed Kudus scoring for Tottenham in an better second-half performance.

Former Premier League goalkeeper Hart stated that the next goal was "totally avoidable".

"I do appreciate the fans' disappointment," Hart added. "I know the role Vicario is performing. He is a great team player, he is a real figure in the dressing room but ultimately you are going to be assessed by your actions.

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

'It is Part of Football, I Can Handle It'

Italy international the keeper is in his third season with Spurs.

He said after the game that he had to accept the criticism.

"The second score was a mistake of mine, I accept responsibility for it," he said.

"The intent was to kick the ball far and I just struck the ball in a bad way. That made an even bigger challenge to overcome."

He said being booed "comes with football".

"I'm a big man, how can I respond?" he added. "We cannot be affected by the situation in the stands. The fans have the entitlement to do what they think.

"It is on us to remain increasingly composed, to concentrate on ourselves. The team is lacking in composure and poise to reverse results. This match is a poor loss and it's hard to take."

'It Shocked Me Nobody Returned to the Goal Line'

In spite of the keeper's mistake, it was far from an simple goal for Wilson to convert.

In fact it was the second most distant Premier League goal of the season – following Tyler Adams' 43.3 yard goal for the Cherries against the Black Cats, which incidentally too came on Saturday.

Wilson stated he was "a little bit taken aback" that he still had an open goal to target.

Ten seconds passed between the keeper exiting of his box and Wilson shooting – which was 5 moments following the kick.

"It seemed to me like the goalkeeper was out of the box for a long time," he said.

"It amazed me not one of the back four went back to the goal line. When not one of them covered the goal, my interest sparked a bit.

"Udogie slipped too, which allowed me a little additional opportunity. Then it was all about trying to make the right connection and get it on target. I had a good sense, the moment it came off my boot, that it was on the right line."

'During in a Poor Run, Everything Appears to Work Against You'

While Vicario's error led coverage, this was an overall bad day for Tottenham to continue their home ground struggles.

The match was their 10th at home loss of 2025 in the Premier League, a shared club statistic along with 1994 and two thousand and three.

They still have home games against Frank's old side Brentford and champions Liverpool to play prior to the close of the year.

Just a single of those wins have occurred since the manager replaced his predecessor in the summer.

"If you are behind 2-0 following six minutes, there is a mountain to overcome," said Frank.

"During in a bad spell, everything appears to work against you as well – the opening was a redirected shot, the second is a error from the keeper.

"This result leaves us in a position where we have lost another match. Each fixture has a single narrative, 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 lost 4 consecutive at home capital clashes for the initial time in the top division.

And they are averaging nine point five shots and 3.2 shots on target per match in the Premier League – their lowest averages on file in a one campaign (dating back to 2003-04).

Ex- Cottagers midfielder Murphy stated that the manager has to ride the storm.

"He's got accept the criticism," Murphy said. "He has accepted a high profile role at a huge team with massive anticipation. There is scrutiny and duty that comes with that.

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