Tottenham’s depressing run of kind below supervisor Thomas Frank continues after a lackluster 2-1 defeat at residence to Fulham on Saturday evening, with the hosts being met with a refrain of boos on the last whistle.
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The guests delivered a devastating double whammy early on, extending the north London membership’s frenetic run and elevating contemporary questions on Frank’s means to halt their alarming slide.
Fulham seized a commanding two-goal benefit throughout the first six minutes on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, relentlessly exploiting the defensive vulnerabilities that proceed to plague Spurs regardless of their supervisor’s persistent tactical modifications.
Kenny Tete scored the opening aim simply 4 minutes later. His speculative shot hit Future Udogui’s foot and deflected large, utterly lacking goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and into the underside nook. The Italian stopper was helpless in opposition to the deflection, however had little time to recuperate earlier than Fulham doubled their benefit.
Harry Wilson took benefit of Vicari’s devastating goalkeeping simply two minutes later, making Tottenham’s defensive nightmare even worse.
The Welshman caught Vicario in no-man’s land with a long-range chip, however with no defender on the road to clear it, the ball ended up in a totally empty web.
Though Tottenham had dominant possession all through the opening half, they had been nearly unable to create something, with simply two photographs and an anticipated objectives tally of simply 0.01 within the first half.
Frank launched attacking reinforcements within the second half, eradicating Joao Parinha, Richarlison and Archie Grey after the hour, changing them with Wilson Odbert, Xavi Simons and Rodrigo Bentancur.
The change supplied short-lived encouragement within the 59th minute when Mohamed Kudus scored a strong half-volley for the primary time in a Spurs shirt at residence, closing the hole and briefly providing hope of a comeback.
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Spurs want extra creativity.
Nonetheless, Fulham managed the remaining half-hour deftly, bringing on Sasa Lukic and Emile Smith Rowe to strengthen their midfield and nullify Tottenham’s more and more determined assault.
Regardless of introducing ahead Matthijs Inform and extra inventive gamers, Spurs lacked the standard and perception wanted to take one thing again from their disappointing residence efficiency.
The defeat was Tottenham’s fourth in six video games in all competitions, following humiliating defeats in opposition to Arsenal (4-1) and PSG (5-3) final week.
Frank is at present below intense strain, with critics questioning whether or not he’s really appropriate for the Spurs job.
Jamie O’Hara loses in opposition to Xavi Simmons in Tottenham vs Fulham
On X, previously often known as Twitter, critic Jamie O’Hara singled out stand-in Simons for criticism alongside Frank, despite the fact that he had solely half-hour to make an affect.
The previous Spurs midfielder was livid at Simmons for repeatedly making an attempt and failing to flick the ball because the North Londoners trailed at 2-1, with O’Hara expressing his anger on the wasteful attacking play.
After the disastrous aim, keeper Vicario was additionally booed by supporters virtually each time he touched the ball, and followers are on edge as Spurs’ outcomes proceed to say no.
Simmons might find yourself costing the membership £125m on a seven-year deal after wages, agent charges and extra choices are taken into consideration, however he wants to interrupt into England quickly or threat being seen as an enormous miss.
The Dutchman has been given few probabilities by Frank currently, however the truth that he is solely been given a couple of minutes right here and there ought to ship a reasonably clear message.
Symonds was usually bullied off the ball in opposition to Fulham and regardless of all his efforts to get into harmful positions, he was unable to make the specified affect.
For Spurs, the house curse continues, with no different Premier League workforce having a worse document on their residence soil in 2025 than Tottenham.
