Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Fulham
Tottenham scorers: Son Heung-Min (36’), James Maddison (54’)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Guglielmo Vicario | Fraser Forster | ||
Cristian Romero | Eric Dier | ||
Micky van de Ven | Ashley Phillips | ||
Pedro Porro | Giovani Lo Celso | 81’ | |
Destiny Udogie | 56’ | Oliver Skipp | 62’ |
Pape Matar Sarr | 62’ | Emerson Royal | 56’ |
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 35’ | Brennan Johnson | 81’ |
Dejan Kulusevski | Bryan Gil | ||
James Maddison | 54’ | Alejo Véliz | 81’ |
Richarlison | 81’ | ||
Son Heung-Min | 36’ 81’ |
Manager: Ange Postecoglou (Australia)
Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bernd Leno | Marek Rodák | ||
Calvin Bassey | Fodé Ballo-Touré | ||
Tim Ream | Luc De Fougerolles | ||
Timothy Castagne | Tom Cairney | 82’ | |
Antonee Robinson | Harry Wilson | 62’ | |
João Palhinha | 82’ | Alex Iwobi | 46’ |
Saša Lukić | 72’ | Harrison Reed | 72’ |
Andreas Pereira | 46’ | Rodrigo Muniz | |
Bobby Decordova-Reid | 62’ | Raúl Jiménez | 46’ |
Willian | |||
Carlos Vinícius | 46’ |
Manager: Marco Silva (Portugal)
1’: We’re off!
1’: Decordova-Reid fires one in the first fifteen seconds but it goes well wide.
2’: SAVE! Leno sticks out a leg and blocks Son! Being pulled back for a free kick for a foul in the buildup.
7’: Van de Ven’s sidefoot volley goes over the bar from eight yards out.
8’: Penalty for Spurs??? Big decision for the ref here… it’s outside the box! Just a free kick. Antonee Robinson got lucky there.
12’: SAVE! Palhinha doesn’t even jump and thumps a scary header towards goal, but Vicario just gets his hand behind it.
27’: Højbjerg lets one fly down the middle, right at the keeper for a comfortable save.
30’: Richarlison goes for the bottom corner from outside the box, a decent counter but it ends with the shot going wide.
34’: Maddison whips a shot towards the far side, doesn’t have the power to beat Leno.
35’: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg goes into the book for a late challenge on Willian he couldn’t pull out of in time
36’: GOAL TOTTENHAM!! Bassey fires a bad pass in the back that’s picked up by Spurs! They get it to Son Heung-Min who skips past a couple defenders and fires a shot that Leno is never getting to.
40’: Spurs somehow don’t score a second. A couple desperate blocks leaves them with only a corner even though they seemingly had an open net right in front of goal.
45+1’: Højbjerg goes down after a collision with Bassey, Spurs wants a penalty, none of the officials agree.
HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Fulham Spurs wrecking Fulham right now, probably should be up by more.
46’: Fulham double sub: Raúl Jiménez and Alex Iwobi on for Carlos Vinícius and Andreas Pereira
46’: We’re back!
52’: Richarlison gets a cross from Son and puts it wayyyyyyy over the net.
54’: GOAL TOTTENHAM!! Son decides to lay it over for James Maddison who rushes forward and puts it into the far side! Bassey playing everyone onside.
56’: Tottenham substitution: Emerson Royal on for Destiny Udogie
62’: Tottenham substitution: Oliver Skipp on for Pape Matar Sarr
62’: Fulham substitution: Harry Wilson on for Bobby Decordova-Reid
72’: Fulham substitution: Harrison Reed on for Saša Lukić
81’: Tottenham triple sub: Brennan Johnson, Giovani Lo Celso and Alejo Véliz on for Richarlison, Son Heung-Min and James Maddison
82’: Fulham substitution: Tom Cairney on for João Palhinha
84’: SAVE!! Raúl Jiménez stabs a shot at goal but Vicario keeps it out! Vicario has had nothing to do but that woke him up!
87’: SAVE! Cairney’s shot is caught by the keeper, probably going a bit wide of the near post anyway.
FT Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Fulham Spurs still top of the table. Hmmmm…
Good game. Kulusevski needs to try shooting; don’t know what’s up with him passing up those two golden chances. Spurs also need more depth. But boy, that first half was electric!
Seems like he lost confidence on that cut in shot with his left foot when he was banging those home previously, would love to see him get back to that
“If Kane goes, Spurs will be in the bottom half, guaranteed” HAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU PAUL MERSON.
Fucking sham of a Pundit stealing a fucking living.
Paul Merson is the worst kind of pundit, Souness was the same. Just stroll in with their wheelbarrow full of painfully outdated tropes, and mindlessly blurt out the first thought that has managed to struggle its way through the vast depths of stupidity that flood their minds.
I mean if you lot kept Conte and sold Kane bottom half was definately doable.
The last 20 minuts were painful to watch, so much sloppiness in everything. Terribly clear most of those players either don’t play alot or are returning from injuries.
Can’t help seeing the other way; only 2-0 up and we bring on a ton of subs, play the Snooze Patrol greatest hits and really manage to keep them at arm’s length. Being that casual and vaguely competent is very pleasing
Romero had another great game, solid in defense, many good forward passes too.
Maddison is the smartest English footballer
High volume #8 that can drop deep, be effective in all phases of the game and is a sexy looking dude on top. My favourite player in the PL
I said it in the match thread, Maddison is different gravy to your usual English 10. He looks like he has little more edge and style to him. I hope southgate keeps southgating him out of the team.
To be fair, he hasn’t played that well for England so far and Bellingham is better in that position. Maddison plays only if Bellingham can’t, that’s just how it is
Don’t get me wrong, I definitely rate Madders, and as an England fan having two world class options for the no.10 spot is pretty sweet
He’s FARt too good to leave him out, you have to adapt the team to fit them both in the 11.
You don’t even have to adapt too hard. Declan Rice is a quality player, gooner cunt or no. A central midfield of Rice-Bellingham-Maddison is up there for the best in the world. But of course Southgate prefers a double pivot with Kalvin “10 seconds of first XI playing time” Phillips or Jord al-Henderson
Damn England are flush with talent
Spurs looked like absolute shit at the end there, Ange needs to do something about these substitute players
Tbh, I agree but to give some nuance -
Lo Celso just came back from injury, hasn’t played since August. Johnson hasn’t played in a month due to injury. Veliz could do more but hard to do much without the ball getting to him.
Skipp and Emerson could have been a bit better tbf. But they were largely unproblematic.
Can they stop winning ffs. Maddison is such a good player man, Son looking like his old self again.
Where has hugo lloris been?
I’m beginning to think Tottenham should paid us 100m for taken the curse away.
Pretty good start.
No backsies
I thought there WAS a buyback option?
i’d be so pressured if i was ange right now. things are flowing way to well to be true
I haven’t watched Tottenham live other than against Liverpool so honest, but possibly stupid, question…would Kane improve this team if all else roster & manager-wise was the same, or are they now fundamentally playing differently in a way where he couldn’t fit in and be this good?
Seems so unlikely that he would leave and they would immediately get way better, but that seems to be what is happening.
It’s hard to imagine how arguably the world’s best striker wouldn’t improve Spurs. But the problem would be that Sonny would have to play on the left (where Richarlison is playing now and doing quite well). He began there at the beginning of the season and while he was decent, he’s clearly a bit wasted in that spot. Meanwhile, he’s thriving in the central role now and many have said he’s the ideal Angeball striker.
Should we start taking the Spurs seriously?
Seriously for top 4, not for the title. Our depth is too shit.
Possibility of getting bodies in Winter if you are around there like Arsenal did last season? You guys still have that Kane money amirite?
With Wemby, you have to.
Amazingly, we hit 23 points October 15 last season. Still say I’d maybe prefer this campaign.
Looked great for most of the match, if not sloppy. To be expected after national break haha! Great result! 😃