Tottenham: Thomas Frank backs Pedro Porro message to fans after Guglielmo Vicario 'disrespect' | OneFootball

Spurs defender stormed down the tunnel after team-mate jeered in Fulham defeat before addressing supporters on social media

Porro was seen shouting at Lucas Bergvall after the match and stormed down the tunnel at the end of another miserable night for Spurs.

There were boos after the game and during it too, largely aimed at Guglielmo Vicario after his poor mistake for Fulham's second goal.

Frank criticised supporters who booed Vicario, claiming "true fans" would not do that, and Porro gave a similar opinion on Instagram the day after the match.

Porro posted: “Football is emotions. In football, as in life, there can always be mistakes.

“What I will not tolerate is hearing disrespect from the fans to my team-mates, hence my frustration at the end of the game.

“And we will get up. We remind you, six months ago, everything was so bad. In the end, it is not how it begins but how it ends.

“To the true Spurs fans, I love you.”

That was not an entirely popular message among the Spurs fans, but Frank insisted he had no issue with Porro's post.

"I think it's fair," Frank said. "I think it's fair in that sense. Again, the players, they are individual people that can have their own opinions.

"And I think what he put out there was fair in every aspect."

Porro, like Frank, has faced scrutiny for the phrase "true fans", with many unhappy with being told how they should behave during matches.

That is particularly the case considering Spurs' dire home form, which has seen them win just three of their last 21 matches in the Premier League.

However, asked if he was worried that using that phrase would further rile up supporters, Frank responded: "I don't know and you can say, how do you define a true Spurs fan?

"I think all the fantastic fans we have believe they're true Spurs fans. Some react in one way, some react in another, some are a little bit in between.

"No matter what, we need all of them."