Rodrigo Muniz’s 78th minute strike and Ryan Sessegnon’s arrival against his former club 10 minutes later raised Fulham in the eighth Premier league With Victoire on Tottenham at Craven Cottage.
The replacement Muniz required 15 minutes after replacing Raul Jimenez to open the scoring, rolling in his ninth goal of the season in all competitions after being up to Andreas Pereira.
SESSEGNON, who played for the Spurs for five years before joining Fulham in 2024, raised the shoulders of Ben Davies and curled up in a precise effort of the right foot a minute after going to strengthen the push of the cotgers for European qualification after Dominic Solanke had missed one of the many chances of second half for the Spurs.
Fulham is Three points behind Manchester City, fifth, After their 12th victory of the season, while Tottenham, 13th, remains at five points behind Crystal Palace immediately above them.
I don’t cry, you cry. pic.twitter.com/inilxa5cc7
– Fulham Football Club (@fulhamfc) March 16, 2025
Fulham against Tottenham: The spurs lose again
After a silent first half containing precious opportunities, Tottenham seemed more likely to break through after the introductions of Lucas Bergvall and his son Heung-Min for Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson at halftime.
The director of the visit, Ange Postecoglou, had talked about the difficulty of following good performances in the Europa League matches on Thursday with the results of the positive league three days later.
Tottenham beat Az Alkmaar 3-1 at home Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the 3-2 competition on AGGREGATE.
Postcoglou’s words have proven to be prophetic, with the 15th defeat of the Tottenham season of the season highlighting the importance of their European campaign to clarify the gloom around their troubled national season.
Postcoglou: “difficult” for Tottenham
“We had a great chance to move forward [through Solanke] And then we conceded a really sweet goal and the match moved away from us, “said the Australian, speaking in the BBC match of the day.
“The two goals were quite soft. At the very least, you want to stay in the game. In the second half, we were the best team and had the best chances to this point.
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– Tottenham Hotspur (@Spursificial) March 16, 2025
“It was a difficult campaign, that’s for sure. We have lost too many games from which we should have removed things, and that was one of them. »»
Tottenham, Fulham Fixtures
Spurs will aim to win for the first time in four championship games on April 3 (8 p.m. GMT), when they visit a Chelsea team that beat them 4-3 on December 8.
Fulham host Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarterfinals March 29 (12:15 p.m.) before visiting Arsenal in the League on April 1 (7:45 p.m.).
