On a star-studded Saturday night, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Fulham in the Premier League's "London Derby", the marquee match in London. Tottenham Hotspur won 2-1 with goals from Hejazi and Khalilani, taking all three points and remaining undefeated with four wins and two draws so far this season. The other attraction of the match was Son Heung-min, last season's top scorer who had no goals in the first six matches of the season, and seemed to have the same bad luck tonight as he repeatedly missed the goal despite many shots on goal.
Tottenham Hotspur made a tactical change for this match, with new signing Richard Leeson making his debut, forming an attacking trident with Harry Carney and Son Heung-min. Fulham, on the other hand, continued to attack with Anders Penrina supporting Alexandre Mizunovic, and the two sides had an exciting duel with rapid transition between offense and defense.
In the first half, Tottenham Hotspur attacked like a wave, Son Heung-min actively looking for a goal, but unfortunately, bad luck, shortly after the opening of a mid-range shot was Halikani offside blocked, missed a good opportunity. The subsequent one-two punch, a one-two shot in front of the goalkeeper hit the crossbar and bounced out, bad luck indeed.
In the 40th minute, Hejchaji and Lee Tsaritsyn played a fine combination at the top of the penalty area, and Hejchaji eventually slotted the ball in front of the goal to take a 1-0 lead at half-time.
Fulham were not defenseless and they did create some threats, with a powerful shot from Alexandre Mizouwick in the 55th minute being parried off the line by Lloris in a thriller.
In the 75th minute, Tottenham Hotspur extended their lead, Son Heung-min crossed the ball from the left, Reinschlong sent the ball to Halikani, who crashed a shot at the near post to give Tottenham Hotspur a 2-0 lead, and Halikani's personal tally of goals reached 5. In the 83rd minute, Fuham's quick counterattack, Alexandre Mizunovic dinked a shot from the left side of the road, once again trailing the score by 1-2. In the last minute, Richard Lipson sent a precise pass, but his celebration was slightly unhelpful because of a yellow card for an illegal action. He received a yellow card for an illegal action in the celebration, which made him feel helpless.
