Spurs 2-0 Fulham

Fulham fell to a 2-0 defeat against an unbeaten Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night.

Heung-Min Son fired his side ahead in the first half, before James Maddison added a second 10 minutes after the break.

Marco Silva made two changes to the side which defeated Sheffield United before the international break.

Calvin Bassey replaced the injured Issa Diop at the back and Saša Lukić stepped into midfield in place of Alex Iwobi. Young Luc De Fougerolles made the bench, fresh from his first senior Canada call-up.

Bernd Leno was thrusted straight into the action just two minutes in, under the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium lights. Maddison slotted Son through on goal, but our stopper stuck out a leg to deny him from close-range.

The hosts got off to a better start and created another promising opportunity early on. Cristian Romero latched onto a Maddison free-kick before directing a header back across goal. The ball fell to Micky Van de Ven, who could only blast over with the half-volley.

Despite Spurs’ early pressure, we were desperately unlucky not to grab one up the other end on 11 minutes. João Palhinha’s superb header from an Andreas Pereira corner was somehow saved by Guglielmo Vicario, who reacted quickly to push clear.

Marco’s men were looking dangerous going forward and Lukić tried his luck from range but couldn’t make a clean connection with the ball.

Richarlison thought he’d put his side ahead on the half-hour mark, when his first-time effort curled just wide of the post following a rapid counter-attack down the right.

We found ourselves behind on 36 minutes, with Son putting Spurs ahead. A loose ball presented itself to Richarlison, who found the goalscorer in space in a dangerous position. After quickly shifting the ball onto his right, he smashed into the top corner.

The home side could've grabbed a second late on in the first half, but tried to walk the ball into the net and as a result, the chance went begging. We went in at the break narrowly behind.

Marco opted for two changes at the interval, with Raúl and Alex Iwobi coming on in place of Vinícius and Andreas.

We were enjoying the majority of possession after the break and winning the ball in dangerous areas. Richarlison fired over down the other end but we continued to fly forward in search of an equaliser.

Nevertheless, our positive start was undone by Maddison who found the target to increase Spurs’ lead to two. Son slipped the midfielder through and he managed to open up his body and squeeze the ball past the outstretched gloves of Leno.

Next to be introduced was Harry Wilson, who replaced De-Cordova Reid with just under 30 minutes remaining. Then, Harrison Reed entered 10 minutes later in place of Lukić.

Bassey was fortunate not to pay for an error on 75 minutes but thankfully, after tackling the centre-back in a dangerous position, Maddison’s strike was blocked.

Raúl almost grabbed his first Fulham goal soon after, watching on as his powerful right-footed strike was well saved by Vicario. Wilson did well to spot the run and slot the Mexican through.

We created some good openings towards the end of the game, with substitute Tom Cairney having a go from close-range after a neat move.

Wilson also could've grabbed us one back in additional time, but he was caught up despite charging through on goal and the chance went begging. In the end, it was defeat in North London.