Guglielmo Vicario was guilty of putting Tottenham under added pressure against Bayern Munich with multiple saves leading to goals.
Spurs fell to a 2-1 defeat to the Bundesliga giants in South Korea thanks to goals from Gabriel Vidovic and Leon Goretska.
Ange Postecoglou’s side suffered in a poor first half and were lucky to go in at the break only one goal down.
Despite a better second half, Bayern still doubled their lead before Pedro Porro scored a world-class goal from distance.
It has to be said that Vicario will come away from the friendly disappointed with his showing after three moments to forget.
Guglielmo Vicario lets Tottenham down v Bayern Munich
The opening goal came after just four minutes after the Italian international gave the ball away, leaving Djed Spence in no man’s land.
Although this is frustrating to see, this is a typical error of Postecoglou’s tactical approach and on another day it may pay off
What wasn’t good enough was Vicario’s initial save which pushed the ball back into the danger area and into Vidovic’s path to score.
This was a difficult save but the 27-year-old ultimately put himself into the situation to make the save early on.
Later on in the first half, Mathys Tel forced the goalkeeper into another save and yet again he pushed it into the centre of the box
On this occasion, the Bundesliga side couldn’t make the chance count but it was another error which could have resulted badly
The Italian made a similar save in the second half with the ball bouncing up off him and back to Goretska to score their second.
On three separate occasions in the game, the Spurs number one made errors which cost them two goals, resulting in them losing 2-1.
This isn’t the end of the world in a friendly but if he continues to do this in the Premier League, Tottenham will have problems.
In other Tottenham news, Lucas Bergvall shows his class to Ange Postecoglou v Bayern Munich.
Tottenham try to pass their way around the intense Bayern Munich pressing but the Italian goalkeeper ended up making a poor pass selection as he passes to Spence who is under pressure.
t was a nightmare start for Tottenham as their dedication to passing the ball out of the defence ultimately proved their undoing. Vicario played a dangerous pass towards Djed Spence, who was standing only a few yards in front of him, and Gnabry was there to capitalise. He stole the ball and shot immediately, denied by a fantastic save from Vicario. Nevertheless, Vidović was there to convert the rebound and give Bayern the lead after just three minutes.
Bayern manage to win the ball inside the box before Gabriel Vidovic scored with a nice finish to give his side the lead.
Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit of a perfect pre-season record came to an abrupt end with a 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The loss marked Spurs’ first defeat of the summer and highlighted critical issues that need addressing before the new Premier League season kicks off.
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