Manager criticised supporters for booing on Saturday

Says Pedro Porro’s posts were ‘fair in every aspect’

Thomas Frank believes he will be shown patience by Tottenham’s owners despite the fractious home defeat against Fulham on Saturday which resulted in him criticising ­supporters for booing the goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

After the 2-1 defeat – a third for Spurs in the space of six days – Frank said those who took aim at the ­Italian after his mistake led to a second ­Fulham goal for Harry ­Wilson were “not true fans”.

The Spurs manager refused to back down from those ­comments on Monday, but did ­recognise the only way of getting fans back onside was to “­perform and keep connected”, starting with the trip to Newcastle on Tuesday.