Guglielmo Vicario suffered a nightmare before Christmas as woeful Tottenham slumped at Nottingham Forest.
The goalkeeper made more high-profile mistakes – after he gifted Harry Wilson a goal in Fulham’s 2-1 win – to hand Callum Hudson-Odoi a brace before Ibrahim Sangare’s stunner sealed victory.
Regardless of Vicario’s gaffes, Forest deserved the win which moved them five points clear of the Premier League’s relegation zone.
Limp Spurs were second best and failed to build on successive wins against Brentford and Slavia Prague and remain in 11th.
They were floundering even before Vicario’s wretched pass to Archie Gray allowed Sangare to pinch the ball on the edge of the area and tee up Hudson-Odoi for a simple finish after 28 minutes.
It came after the goalkeeper had earlier saved Neco Williams’ follow-up when Sangare’s header hit the post.
Tottenham failed to respond and Hudson-Odoi added a second five minutes after half time when a cross from the left sailed over Vicario.
Yet Vicario could do nothing to stop Sangare adding a late third when he thumped in off the post from 25 yards.
