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Tottenham Hotspur’s finest begin to a top-flight season for greater than 60 years received even higher as a 2-0 house win over Fulham despatched them two factors clear on the Premier League summit on Monday.
Captain Son Heung-min’s seventh league objective of the marketing campaign and James Maddison’s first house strike for the membership secured a seventh win in 9 league video games.
Son curled a right-foot effort into the highest nook within the thirty sixth minute – his fiftieth objective at Tottenham’s new stadium because it opened in 2019 – after which arrange playmaker Maddison to attain with a cool end early within the second half.
Unbeaten within the league beneath new supervisor Ange Postecoglou, Spurs have 23 factors, two greater than champions Manchester City and native rivals Arsenal. They subsequent journey to Crystal Palace on Friday with the possibility to maneuver 5 forward.
Fulham, who have been disappointing regardless of some late probabilities after Tottenham eased off, are thirteenth on 11 factors.
Victory was particularly candy because the west London facet knocked Tottenham out of the League Cup on penalties – the one hiccup to this point in Postecoglou’s spectacular begin in north London.
Postecoglou, prised from Celtic and tasked with rejuvenating the membership’s fortunes, has now loved the perfect begin by a brand new supervisor within the Premier League.
But regardless of one other win, the Australian was not fully blissful along with his group’s efficiency.
“It was a good result because Fulham are a tough team to break down,” he advised Sky Sports. “The second half wasn’t nice and we did not play anyplace close to the degrees we are able to, we have been wasteful.
“You have to respect the game and if you are off it a little bit it can drag you down. We took a few liberties which I wasn’t very happy with. It was our worst 45 minutes with the ball.”
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