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Spurs supporters who jeered keeper Guglielmo Vicario were informed afterwards "those individuals cannot be real Spurs fans" by manager Frank.

Tottenham conceded two goals in the opening initial moments to fall 2-1 to their opponents, marking their tenth top-flight home defeat of 2025.

But the main topic of discussion was the visitors' next score when Vicario lost possession well outside his area.

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

But, instead of booting it into touch, the Italian turned and tried to clear, but lost his footing as the ball glanced off Wilson and was collected by Josh King.

The forward laid the ball off to Welsh midfield player Harry Wilson, who curled a strike into the net from the touchline recorded at 36.6 yards.

Seconds later when the ball went to the keeper once more, a number of Spurs supporters jeered him.

The team were jeered off at half-time, with the club 2-0 behind, and once more at full-time.

One of those jeering sessions truly angered the manager.

"I heard a few of our fans apparently booed the situation and booed following, which, in my opinion is totally unjustifiable," the Danish manager stated about the supporters' reaction to his shot-stopper.

"Those individuals cannot be real Tottenham supporters that act that way. Alright booing following the game, fine, but when we are in play, we are backing each other, we are behind each other going forward."

Tete had given Fulham a early lead before Wilson's goal – with Mohammed Kudus scoring for Spurs in an better second-half showing.

Former Premier League keeper Joe Hart stated that the next score was "completely preventable".

"I do understand the supporters' disappointment," Hart continued. "I know the role Vicario is performing. He's a excellent squad member, he is a true leader in the locker room but ultimately you are going to be assessed by your decisions.

"He was deeply implicated in what ended up to be the winning score."

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

Italian international Vicario is in his 3rd campaign with Spurs.

The 29-year-old stated following the game that he had to take the criticism.

"The second score was a error of my own, I take responsibility for it," he said.

"The intent was to clear the ball long and I just struck the ball in a bad way. That made an more difficult challenge to climb."

He said being booed "comes with the game".

"I am mature, how can I respond?" he added. "The team cannot be influenced by the circumstances in the stands. The fans have the entitlement to do what they think.

"It's on the team to stay more calm, to focus on ourselves. We are lacking in calmness and poise to reverse outcomes. Today is a bad loss and it is hard to accept."

'It Shocked Me No One Returned to the Goal Line'

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

In fact it was the second most distant Premier League score of the season – following Tyler Adams' 43.3 yard strike for Bournemouth against the Black Cats, which interestingly also came on Saturday.

The goalscorer said he was "a little bit surprised" that he still had an empty net to aim for.

10 seconds elapsed between the keeper coming out of his area and the midfielder shooting – which was 5 moments after the kick.

"I felt like the keeper was out of the area for ages," he said.

"I was surprised not one of the back four went back to the line. When none of them defended the goal, my eyes sparked a bit.

"Udogie slipped as well, which gave me a little extra time. After that it was all about attempting to make the right connection and place it on target. I had a good sense, as soon as it came off my boot, that it was heading in."

'When You're in a Bad Spell, All Seems to Go Against You'

While the keeper's mistake led headlines, this was an overall bad performance for Tottenham to continue their home struggles.

The match was their 10th home defeat of the year in the Premier League, a shared club record matching nineteen ninety-four and 2003.

The side still have home games against the manager's former club the Bees and title holders Liverpool to come prior to the close of the year.

Just a single of those victories have come since Frank took over from Ange Postecoglou in the off-season.

"If you are down 2-0 after the opening, there is a mountain to overcome," stated Frank.

"When you're in a poor run, everything appears to go against you as well – the first was a deflected shot, the second is a error from Vic.

"This result leaves us in a place where we have lost another match. Every game has a single story, today we lost in the early stages.

"We simply need to keep working. The later period was significantly improved and hopefully something we can use to develop."

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

And they are averaging 9.5 attempts and 3.2 efforts on goal per match in the Premier League – their poorest rates on record in a one season (dating back to 2003-04).

Ex- Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy commented that Frank has to ride the storm.

"He must accept the stick," the pundit said. "He's accepted a prestigious role at a major team with enormous expectation. There is scrutiny and duty that accompanies that.

"Their showings at their stadium have been disappointing and they have to get better {quickly|