Fulham 3-0 Tottenham: Player ratings as Spurs humbled at Craven Cottage
Tottenham Hotspur missed the chance to move into fourth place in the Premier League following a 3-0 loss at Fulham.
The hosts nullified their visitors all over the pitch and were excellent value for the win, ending Spurs' run of seven straight league wins at Craven Cottage.
The loss also brought an end to Tottenham's run of scoring in every league game under Ange Postecoglou and a streak that went back 39 games in total.
Fulham maintained their late push for a European place and are now only five points off the top seven.
Fulham went close to going ahead inside two minutes as Tottenham turned the ball over in midfield. The initial shot from just inside the box from Rodrigo Muniz was blocked by Cristian Romero before Andreas Pereira's rebound deflected just past the post.
A low cross from Alex Iwobi was intercepted by the stretching arm of Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and Pereira was again first to the loose ball, but Romero was once more on hand to provide the crucial block.
Another chance went begging for Fulham when a low cross from Antonee Robinson went through the legs of Muniz, while Tottenham countered to create their first opening of the evening, resulting in Son Heung-min firing narrowly over.
Another swift Spurs move saw James Maddison feed through Brennan Johnson down the left, but his first-time shot was easily held by Bernd Leno. Moments later, a similar chance fell full-debutant Radu Dragusin's way, but his cross-cum-shot trickled wide.
Tottenham were clicking through the gears and went closest to breaking the deadlock in the opening half hour when Destiny Udogie's cross was directed towards goal by Maddison, whose effort bounced wide and back off the post off of Leno's water bottle.
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