With a 2-0 home triumph over Fulham on Monday, Tottenham Hotspur have pushed their best Premier League start in over 60 years even further, moving two points clear at the top. This seventh victory in nine matches was made possible by captain Son Heung-Min, who netted his seventh goal of the season, and James Maddison, who scored his first ever goal in front of the home crowd.
Tottenham Hotspur’s best start to a Premier League season in more than 60 years improved with a 2-0 home win against Fulham on Monday, taking them two points clear at the top. Captain Son Heung-Min’s seventh league goal of the season, combined with James Maddison’s first home goal for the club, clinched the club’s seventh win in nine league games.
The scoring opened in the 36th minute with a clinical right-footed strike from Son into the upper corner, and he later set up Maddison for a composed finish in the 54th minute. With 23 points, Spurs remain undefeated this season, sitting two points ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal. They face Crystal Palace this Friday, October 27, with an opportunity to widen the gap to five points. Fulham, despite some late pressure as the game wound down, remain in 13th place with 11 points.
The victory tasted even sweeter because Fulham had previously sent Tottenham packing from the League Cup in a penalty shootout—the only real setback in Postecoglou's impressive tenure so far. The Australian manager, recruited from Celtic to fix the club's struggles, has now achieved the most successful start for any new boss in the league. Yet, even with the three points secured, Postecoglou wasn't entirely happy with his players' performance.
From the start, Spurs played with a high-pressing intensity, creating several openings, though Son was denied once by former Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno. Following a fluid team move, Richarlison missed the target after Micky van de Ven's volley flew over the crossbar. Fulham's best opportunity of the first half came when Guglielmo Vicario made a crucial save from a Joao Palhinha header.
The breakthrough came courtesy of a defensive error by Calvin Bassey, whose poor clearance gave Spurs the opening they needed; Richarlison found Son, who shifted the ball to his right and curled it past Leno. James Maddison, who has been the creative heartbeat of the team since arriving from Leicester City, soon got his reward. Capitalizing on a lapse in Fulham's defending, Son squared the ball to Maddison, who stretched to fire a precise low shot into the net.
To preserve their fitness for the upcoming Friday fixture, Maddison, Son, and Richarlison were all taken off in the second half. As a result, Tottenham's concentration wavered, and while Fulham had several chances to get back into the game late on, they couldn't convert them.