English pundit slams Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario for calling out his teammates after goalless draw with AS Monaco
Tottenham Hotspur held AS Monaco to a 0-0 draw by in the Champions League on Wednesday evening in what was their worst display of the campaign.
Spurs were second best by a country mile at the Stade Louis-II, with the home side peppering Guglielmo Vicario’s goal with 23 shots. It was thanks to goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario in between the sticks that the Lilywhites escaped AS Monaco with a point in the Champions League, taking their tally to five points from three games.
The Italian international has endured a mixed start to the 2025/26 season. Some of his outstanding work in goal has been maligned by few mistakes, with the 29-year-old receiving criticism in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Brighton. However, his heroics in Monte Carlo were precisely the response supporters would’ve desired.
English pundit slams Guglielmo Vicario to call out Tottenham teammates after AS Monaco game
Guglielmo Vicario was rightly praised by boss Thomas Frank and his teammate Archie Gray for his heroics in the 0-0 draw with AS Monaco. The glovesman also gave a rallying cry to his teammates after the Champions League outing in France, questioning Tottenham’s “effort”.
The Italian’s remarks after the game displeased former Spurs midfielder Jamie O’Hara. He felt the Tottenham No.1 has no right to call out his teammates after the “terrible performance” as he’s been guilty of making mistakes in the past. While he arguably had his best game in our famous white shirt, the English pundit thinks he should have left the gaffer to make those comments.
“Vicario has come out after the game and said that. He had a great game, fair play to him, but if I were a player, I’d turn around to him and say, ‘Who are you digging out? Where are you when you’re coming for a cross and falling in the back of the net? I’m out there running around,’” Jamie O’Hara told Sky Sports News (h/t BBC Sport).
“He’s in goal, and he’s had a good game, and fair play to him, he kept us in it. I don’t know if he needs to be coming out and saying stuff like that. That’s the manager’s job. You do your job, keep the ball put out of the back of the net. He’s had plenty of stinkers where players could point the finger at him, and they haven’t. So, I think it was a bit harsh, him coming out and saying that.”
Vicario right to ask more effort from his Tottenham teammates after Monaco draw
Vicario may have dropped many stinkers during his time at Tottenham, but on Wednesday, he was right to call out his teammates’ lack of effort against Monaco. Had he not been in goal, Spurs were in for an absolute embarrassment away from home.
The Italian is a leader and has always wanted to be at the forefront, even when he is not having the best of games. This speaks volumes about his personality and leadership skills, no wonder why Frank decided to include the ex-Empoli star in his five-man leadership group.
So, Vicario making a rallying cry to his teammates after a disastrous performance is not wrong at all. What he now needs to do is make himself count again for his team and keep a clean sheet at Everton on Sunday.
