Premier League delete social media post after backlash for mocking Tottenham star

A 13-second clip of Tottenham star Guglielmo Vicario's terrible free-kick in their 2-1 defeat by Fulham on Sunday was shared and then deleted by the official Premier League account

The Premier League has deleted a video which openly mocked Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario following a backlash on social media and a complaint by the club. Spurs' miserable form continued with a 2-1 defeat by Fulham on Sunday - and their fans weren't amused to see the league's official account sticking the boot in.

Igor Tudor's side found themselves 2-0 down inside 34 minutes at Craven Cottage following goals from Harry Wilson and Alex Iwobi. They pulled one back through Richarlison's second-half header but could not find an equaliser.

Their fourth defeat in succession in the Premier League means they have now gone 10 league games without a win and remain just four points above the relegation zone. Tudor was furious that a push by Raul Jimenez on Radu Dragusin in the build-up to Wilson's opener wasn't punished by the officials - and the mood of fans wasn't improved when they went on social media on Sunday evening.

The official Premier League account, which has 44.9m followers on X, posted a 13-second clip from the game, which showed Vicario kicking a long free-kick straight out for a Fulham goal kick.

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The caption read: "Just how the play was drawn up..." It then said: "An interesting free-kick from Vicario" with a smiling emoji, and then "Whoops" with another smiling emoji.

It was posted at 10.55pm on Sunday and by Monday morning had been viewed nearly 400,000 times. But by 9am on Monday morning it had been deleted due to the backlash. Mirror Football understands that Tottenham officials were unhappy with the tone of the post and made a complaint to the Premier League.

That feeling was mirrored by many of the responses. Before the post was deleted, one reply read: "I’m not even a Spurs fan but this just seems …mean? Like an opposing team account taking the p*** I can 100% understand and appreciate but the official PL account? Yikes."

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"Official PL account… good job lads," another replied. "Being made fun of by official PL account is wild," a second wrote. "Aren't you supposed to be neutral and unbiased?" a third asked.

Another concluded: "I don't think its proper for the premier league to try to be a banter account. It should be above that." There were also plenty of people pointing out that the Premier League has plenty of its own hapless moments to mock, with many angry about the failure to rule out Wilson's goal.

Tudor was furious in his post-match press conference. "Of course it's a foul, I think - 99 out of 100 people will say it's a foul, I believe, because it's so obvious, you know," he said before referring to the decision to rule out Spurs' goal against Arsenal last weekend for Randal Kolo Muani's push on Gabriel.

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"Sometimes the criteria don't have consistency, last week what happened in our game against Arsenal, same thing, also one situation before, we conceded a goal, they didn't get a foul after they give, so, incredible.

"Sometimes they don't understand it's enough, even small contact, you know, if it gives you advantage to score the goal, you need to cancel this, finish it. It's not about normal duel when he's soft, no, when he pushes with the hands and don't watch the ball, no. Sometimes it's just easy to get advantage.

"So, this is ridiculous to not give the foul, because the consequence is too big. It's not a small foul in the middle of the pitch, it's a goal after."

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