Vicario faces further criticism after ‘absolutely shocking’ mistake in Liverpool | OneFootball

Italy goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has come under further criticism from Tottenham Hotspur supporters after failing to keep out Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick during his side’s 1-1 Premier League draw against Liverpool on Sunday: ‘You’ve got to save that, that’s awful, absolutely shocking’.

It has been a miserable season for Vicario and his Tottenham teammates, who are at genuine risk of relegation from the Premier League with eight games of the season left to play.

With 30 league games gone, Tottenham find themselves in 16th place in the Premier League table, just one point above the relegation zone. Sunday’s draw against Liverpool was the first point that Spurs have picked up during Igor Tudor’s first five matches in charge.

Vicario has also come under criticism on an individual level at various stages of the 2025-26 season, which led to his being dropped for last Tuesday’s 5-2 Champions League defeat against Atletico Madrid.

In an extraordinary turn of events, Vicario was then brought on after just 16 minutes of that game with Atletico leading by three goals following two major errors from back-up goalkeeper Anotnin Kinsky.

Vicario troubles continue at Tottenham

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 14: Guglielmo Vicario of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur at City Ground on December 14, 2025 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Despite restoring his no.1 status at Tottenham this weekend, Vicario has once again come under criticism for failing to stop Szoboszlai’s 18th-minute free-kick on Sunday, which many feel was ‘saveable’ for a top level goalkeeper.

“I mean (Szoboszlai) is a specialist, but a goalkeeping specialist, it’s not far off the middle of the goal. You’ve got to save that, wow. That’s awful, absolutely shocking,” said Jamie Carragher, who was on co-commentary duty for Tottenham’s 1-1 draw away against Liverpool.

“I genuinely believe I could save that. It’s like just off the middle of the goal and instead of just being normal he’s tried to do a “spectacular” one hand save when he could’ve just caught it,” a Chelsea supporter wrote on X.

“Has anyone started investigating Vicario for match fixing yet?,” another joked. “Vicario is on the take!!! How does that go in?!?!,” another Tottenham supporter similarly questioned. One supporter responded: “My first thought too. Has he got a bet on Spurs to be relegated? Pro Keeper should save that 99.9% of the time.”

“We were competing and in the game before Vicario gets a cardboard hand on a saveable free-kick,” said another Tottenham fan.