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…
Should we start taking the Spurs seriously?
With Wemby, you have to.
Pop is the American Ange. We all know it
Please dont. Just let us enjoy in silence until the season is over.
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?
We can definitely afford £100M+ in Winter if we wanted to. We’re incredibly profitable.
The problem has never been about the money, its getting players to join us as bench options. Thats the issue, we aren’t going to get a starting quality CB joining us, even if we’re 1st because they know they’re going to be on the bench until there is an injury. If there isn’t, they wont play.
Like, even a CM, someone like Eze from Palace would suit us IMO but i dont know if he’d want to play 2nd fiddle to Bentancur/Maddison for most of the season.
I still think we missed out big time on Connor Gallagher in the summer, he would be a great player coming off the bench 70 mins for us, constantly running and pressuring and good enough to fill in on the starting lineup as well.
“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.
Ahh yes, the season predictions included conte staying… when he left in late march? And kane didnt leave until a week before the season?
We might be 5 points clear by the time anyone else plays again. Madness
Amazingly, we hit 23 points October 15 last season. Still say I’d maybe prefer this campaign.
Winter World Cup really made things odd.
Could Tottenham do the impossible
Looked great for most of the match, if not sloppy. To be expected after national break haha! Great result! 😃
Honestly wasn’t amazing but we got the quality to shine through
Madder and Son fit for CP. That’s the biggest result from this match
Unlucky from Fulham to not score, just lacked that edge tonight. Will be their main issue this year I think
Some superb saves from Vicario tbf. Beautiful finish from Son and Madison
Great atmosphere in the stadium as well. Outside of YNWA, hearing a crowd belt out “when the Spurs go marching in” always makes my hair stand up. One of my favs as a neutral
Can they stop winning ffs. Maddison is such a good player man, Son looking like his old self again.
You first.
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
He should learn cunting that in with the right foot. It will unlock his next level playmaking.
Saka been doing it. By doing it with both foot, it’ll defenser honest. They all know now he will cut inside or pass.
Spurs looked like absolute shit at the end there, Ange needs to do something about these substitute players
Watch his post-match. He’s fuming
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.
Emerson also out of position and barely played this season.
Emerson had some good defensive plays but didnt look good with the ball
I’m beginning to think Tottenham should paid us 100m for taken the curse away.
Pretty good start.
VAR will review and overturn the transfer for foul play by Spurs
No backsies
I thought there WAS a buyback option?
For when he’s 39
Don’t you fucking jinx this
Romero had another great game, solid in defense, many good forward passes too.
He’s at a top 5 defender in the world this season. The game against Ecuador was the best game I’ve ever seen a CB play, and his games with Tottenham have been flawless
He and Micky are going to be stapled to that backline together for 5+ years. 25 and 22 respectively.
Mate.
I hope Spurs challenge till the end and hopefully win it. Don’t want to see city win 4th one in a row. Ain’t asking much🙏🏻.