Son Heung-min and James Maddison fire Spurs back to the top of the Premier League as Ange Postecoglou's side capitalise on defensive errors
2023/2024 Premier League
2-0
Match Report
Tottenham moved back top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 home win against Fulham.
Tottenham returned to the top of the table after beating Fulham 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Ange Postecoglou set a Premier League record for the best start by a manager after nine games.
Goals from Heung-min Son (36) and James Maddison (54), the two players filling the void left by Harry Kane, secured the three points which knock Man City off top spot. Fulham failed to cope with Spurs' relentless pressure from the front with Calvin Bassey losing possession on the edge of his box for both goals.
Postecoglou now has 23 points in his first nine games, which surpasses the previous best set by ex-Chelsea head coach Guud Hiddink and former Norwich boss Mike Walker (22). The Australian has transformed Spurs in less than four months and put them firmly in contention for Champions League qualification and perhaps more.
Fulham battled hard to fend off Spurs, and were denied by two fantastic Guglielmo Vicario saves in each half, but were always second best to Postecoglou's tireless Spurs team and failed to recover after the second goal. They stay in 16th with just two wins in their last eight league games.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' Son's shot stopped
7' Van de Ven's shot over the bar
12' Vicario makes decent save
27' Hojbjerg's long shot too straight
30' Richarlison's shot wide out
36' GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Fulham (Son)
54' GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Fulham (Maddison)
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Son, Hojbjerg, Maddison, Guglielmo Vicario, Richarlison, Romero, Kulusevski, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Pape Matar Sarr, Micky van de Ven
Subs: Fraser Forster, Dier, Lo Celso, Skipp, Aparecido, Gil, Brennan Johnson, Ashley Phillips, Alejo Véliz
Fulham XI: Willian, Leno, Tim Ream, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Lukic, Pereira, João Palhinha, Castagne, Antonee Robinson, Carlos Vinícius, Calvin Bassey
Subs: Tom Cairney, Jimenez, Iwobi, Harrison Reed, Harry Wilson, Marek Rodak, F.Toure, Rodrigo Muniz, Luc De Fougerolles