Ryan Sessegnon struck a stunner in opposition to his former membership as Fulham boosted their hopes of European qualification with a 2-0 win over toothless Tottenham at Craven Cottage to maneuver as much as eighth within the Premier League.
Sessegnon had netted his first objective since October 2022 in opposition to Wolves final month and added one other in high-quality trend right here only a minute after approaching to seal this win, outmuscling Ben Davies earlier than bending the ball into the far nook. It was notably galling for Tottenham, because it got here simply moments after Lucas Bergvall was denied a penalty regardless of Calvin Bassey’s tough problem.
Rodrigo Muniz, one other substitute, had put Fulham forward 10 minutes earlier with an correct end into the underside nook after a pointy contact and move from Andreas Pereira and people targets gave Marco Silva trigger for celebration in his 2 hundredth Premier League recreation as a supervisor.
The house facet had dominated the primary half with out carving out a transparent opening however got here via a step-up from Spurs within the second half to clinch the three factors. They’re now simply three factors off fifth-placed Man Metropolis. The race for Europe is tighter than ever – and Fulham are in it.
Spurs’ personal aspirations within the league have lengthy been over and that was signalled by the seven modifications Ange Postecoglou produced from the group which earned Europa League progress in opposition to AZ Alkmaar on Thursday. Nonetheless, this was a poor displaying from his facet who’ve now misplaced 15 top-flight video games this time period and Mathys Tel was left calling for followers to get behind the group after the ultimate whistle in an change with supporters within the away finish.
They are going to level to the penalty name, which left referee Andy Madley unmoved, however they managed simply three touches within the Fulham field within the first half. Half-time subs Heung-min Son and Bergvall added some impetus however Dominic Solanke spurned a few headers after which volleyed Spurs’ greatest probability over from James Maddison’s intelligent contact.
They continue to be down in thirteenth and head into the worldwide break with ideas about that Europa League quarter-final in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt foremost of their minds.
