Tottenham have edged past Fulham to continue their excellent start to the season.
Kane’s close-range finish proved enough for the hosts, who had the better Fulham all game.
Mitrovic’s late strike and Richarlison’s bad luck threatened a nervy final few minutes for Spurs, but Conte’s men were able to see out the win.
Starting lineup:
TOTTENHAM (3-4-3): Hugo Lloris (c); Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Clement Lenglet; Emerson, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ryan Sessegnon; Richarlison, Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min.
SUBS: Fraser Forster, Yves Bissouma, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Kulusevski, Matt Doherty, Ben Davies, Davinson Sanchez, Japhet Tanganga, Oliver Skipp.
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Tosin Adarabioyo, Tim Ream (c), Antonee Robinson; Harrison Reed, Joao Palhinha; Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Andreas Pereira, Neeskens Kebano; Aleksandar Mitrovic.
SUBS: Marek Rodak, Willian, Shane Duffy, Daniel James, Tom Cairney, Issa Diop, Carlos Vinicius, Nathaniel Chalobah, Kevin Mbabu.
Goals:
GOAL! TOTTENHAM 1-0 FULHAM! Spurs get the lead their play deserves! Hojbjerg plays a one-two with Richarlison to skip into the box and slots calmly into the bottom left corner.
GOAL! TOTTENHAM 2-0 FULHAM! Kane seals the three points for Tottenham! Sessegnon powers onto the loose ball in the box and smash it into a defender. The wing-back won’t be denied, though and shoots straight at Leno. The rebound lands for Kane, who finishes from close range. VAR has a quick check that Kane is onside before confirming the goal.
GOAL! TOTTENHAM 2-1 FULHAM! Mitrovic scores out of nowhere! The Serbian latches onto Tete’s pass, beat Romero to the left of the box, looks up, and sweeps the ball into the top right corner. We’re in for an exciting end to the game!
So, what’s next?
Tottenham, march on and look like one of the teams to beat this season.
Could a genuine title challenge be on the cards? We’ll have to wait and see.
However, Tottenham will be welcoming Marseille in their first Champions League game.
Meanwhile, Fulham will play Chelsea on Saturday.
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