Fulham put a sizeable dent in Tottenham‘s Champions League qualification hopes as in-form Rodrigo Muniz‘s double earned them a formidable 3-0 victory at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Tottenham may have moved above Aston Villa into fourth place within the desk with a win however other than a short spell earlier than halftime had been lackadaisical and will haven’t any complaints.
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Muniz broke the impasse within the forty second minute and scored once more simply previous the hour mark to complete off Tottenham after Saša Lukić had doubled Fulham’s lead shortly after the interval.
It accomplished a notable house double for Fulham over Tottenham having additionally knocked them out of the League Cup earlier this season.
Tottenham stay in fifth place with 53 factors from 28 video games whereas Fulham are in twelfth spot with 38 factors from 29 video games.
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A crushing 4-0 win at Villa final weekend had given Tottenham the momentum within the race for Champions League qualification however they got here right down to earth with a bump.
The one shock in a chance-packed first half was that it remained scoreless for 42 minutes.
Fulham began with way more urgency with Andreas Pereira within the thick of the motion for the hosts.
His fourth-minute shot took a deflection off Cristian Romero and fizzed inches broad and shortly afterwards when Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario spilled a low cross into his path he once more was denied by an excellent block from Romero.
Vicario additionally made good saves from Lukić and Willian earlier than Tottenham lastly started to supply some risk.
Son Heung-Min blazed one likelihood over, Brennan Johnson shot straight at Bernd Leno after a slick passing transfer and Radu Dragusin, making his first begin for Spurs, dragged an effort effectively broad having discovered himself in an incredible place.
James Maddison additionally went shut for the guests however Fulham went forward when Antonee Robinson‘s very good low cross took out your complete Tottenham defence and Muniz’s contact was excellent earlier than drilling his shot throughout Vicario and into the web.
It took solely 4 minutes of the second half for Fulham to double their benefit as Alex Iwobi fed a go to the over-lapping Timothy Castagne and his low cross was touched in by Lukic.
Tottenham had been reeling and had been on the canvas simply previous the hour mark as 22-year-old Muniz poached his second purpose of the sport and seventh in his final seven, bundling in after Calvin Bassey‘s shot hit the put up.
Tottenham had been spared additional embarrassment a minute later when João Palhinha‘s shot was glanced in by substitute Raul Jimenez however he was dominated offside.
Spurs had a couple of late possibilities by substitutes Richarlison and Timo Werner however failed to attain in a league sport for the primary time this season.