David Seaman has now reacted to Guglielmo Vicario’s performance in the North London derby against Arsenal.
Tottenham have made a slow start to the new season with just one win in their first four league outings. They could have turned things around against an Arsenal team that were without a few of their star players. But, Spurs ended up suffering yet another defeat at the hands of Mikel Arteta’s team despite dominating the proceedings.
Following their defeat, Guglielmo Vicario found himself surrounded by criticism for his inability to deal with balls coming into the box. Arsenal legend David Seaman was pleased to see that his former team had done their homework on Vicario once again and he delivered a stern verdict on the Italian shot-stopper.
While speaking on the Seaman Says podcast, he said: “I love that we’ve done our homework on Vicario again. You could tell that he was getting too involved in what’s around him before the ball came in. He did that in last season’s game I think.
“With this goal, he gets too involved with the players around him, but actually these players that were around him in this game were his own players. Whereas last time Ben White did a great number on him and just blocked him and moved off, this time it was his own players.
“He didn’t even come out to a ball that he should have been coming out to, at least punch it, if not catch it.”
Once again it was a set-piece that led to the downfall of Ange Postecoglou’s men. An inswinging delivery from a corner in the 64th minute of the game by Bukayo Saka was headed home by Gabriel Magalhaes and it was enough for the Gunners to come out with all three points.
Seaman highlighted the fact that Vicario was too busy dealing with players in and around him that he forgot to deal with the incoming delivery which was very close to the six-yard box. Last season he conceded a similar goal in the derby, when it was Ben White who blocked him from coming out of his area back then. This time around he was busy dealing with his own players which helped the opposition get on the scoresheet.
