Fans stunned as Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario escapes ‘blatant’ red card against Brentford

Fans have been left stunned after Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario escaped a red card against Brentford.

On Saturday afternoon, Ange Postecoglou’s men welcomed London rivals Brentford to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Premier League.

Spurs got off to a poor start after Bryan Mbeumo gave the visitors a 1-0 lead inside the first minute.

However, the Bees’ lead did not last long as Dominic Solanke scored his first Spurs goal to make it 1-1 in the eighth minute.

With 28 minutes on the clock, Spurs completed the comeback as Brennan Johnson netted from a tight angle to make it 2-1.

In the second half, Spurs goalkeeper Vicario was lucky to escape a red card after appearing to handle the ball outside the penalty area. You can watch the footage below.

Vicario clearly handles the ball outside the box. The referee does absolutely nothing. VAR does absolutely nothing. pic.twitter.com/0l3tpYaXEs

— GoonerTalk (@GoonerTaIk) September 21, 2024

Reacting on social media, one fan said: “How has neither the referee or VAR not seen this blatant handball by Vicario??? More awful officiating in the Premier League.”

Another tweeted: “How has Vicario got away with this…”

A third fan added: “How has Vicario not been sent off here.”

Someone else wrote: “How was that not a red card for Vicario? Blatant hand ball outside the box yet VAR refuse to send to referee to the screen? How do these officials find a way to be even worse than the last season every season.”

Speaking on BBC Final Score, former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha said: “Earlier Gugliemo Vicario comes out of his area and makes three attempts at touching the ball. From the angle we see the third touch, if there was another angle of it, I think they would say that it came outside the box, so that would be a red card.

“It is strange that the VAR has missed that, very strange, because that is a big moment in the game.”