Fulham 3-0 Tottenham: Spurs suffer shock loss as Muniz strikes twice
In-form Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz scored twice as sorry Spurs missed out on the chance to climb into the top four.
Marco Silva’s side, who knocked Tottenham out of the Carabao Cup earlier this season, were dominant from the opening whistle and deserved the lead given to them by Muniz after 42 minutes.
Sasa Lukic scored his first goal for the club shortly after the restart and Muniz took his tally to seven goals in seven games to finish off the job, though he was then taken off after hurting himself in scoring.
Spurs had won their previous seven league games at Craven Cottage but Ange Postecoglou must be worried that just a week after thrashing European rivals Aston Villa 4-0, his players were so sluggish.
For the manager to make a triple change midway through the second half with the game gone told its own story.
For Muniz, his scoring spree justified Chelsea loanee Armando Broja being left out again – even though Fulham now have to pay the Stamford Bridge club £4million because of the Albanian’s lack of appearances.
Fulham started with a bang as Spurs missed their defensive rock Micky van de Ven because of a hamstring injury.
Muniz had a shot blocked, Andreas Pereira’s shot deflected over and the same player – called up by Brazil for next weekend’s friendly against England – was denied by another heroic interception from Cristian Romero.
Spurs were being out-Spursed by Fulham’s energy and needed Vicario to save from Willian.
Tottenham’s only respite was a weak shot by Brennan Johnson straight at Bernd Leno and James Maddison and Son Heung-Ming missing the target.
Fulham finally took the lead they deserved approaching half-time. Pereira was again involved, finding space to release buccaneering full-back Antonee Robinson.
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