Football news - Harry Winks heads dramatic winner as Spurs sink Fulham
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Updated 20/01/2019 at 19:55 GMT
Premier League, Craven Cottage - Fulham 1 (Llorente OG 17') Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Alli 51', Winks 90+3')
Tottenham's Harry Winks celebrates scoring their second goal with Danny Rose and team mates
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Harry Winks scored a stoppage time winner as Spurs got the job done against Fulham despite the injury to Harry Kane.
Mauricio Pochettino had endured a difficult week, losing to Manchester United before losing Heung-Min Son to the Asian Cup and Kane to the physio room. Spurs looked out of sorts for much of the match, but completed a second half comeback to get back to winning ways.
Fernando Llorente, brought in as Kane’s deputy, scored an own goal after 17 minutes to give Fulham a first half lead, with a corner kick bouncing off the Spaniard’s shins into the back of Hugo Lloris’ net.
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Dele Alli of Tottenham celebrates after he scores his sides first goal during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage on January 20, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.
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Spurs emerged for the second half with vigour, though, and equalised through Dele Alli, who converted from a Christian Eriksen cross following a botched clearance by Fulham defender Tim Ream.
An injury to Alli added to Tottenham's problems, but they kept going until the third minute of stoppage time, when Winks ghosted into the six-yard box to head home and give the visitors an important three points.
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Harry Winks and Danny Rose of Tottenham share a hug after the match as they celebrate victory during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage.
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TALKING POINT - What did this tell us about Spurs’ ability to play without Harry Kane?
Much was made of Kane’s absence and despite the win, Spurs’ performance without their top scorer and striker will be picked apart.
Llorente’s own goal was a moment of misfortune, but beyond that, the Spaniard largely failed to give Spurs the focal point they needed in attack.
Will this force Pochettino to come up with another solution?
MAN OF THE MATCH - Ryan Babel (Fulham)
Signed earlier in the week, Babel made quite the impression on his Fulham debut, despite the end result.
The Dutchman gave the Cottagers an effective outlet, giving Mitrovic some much-needed support in the final third. It was therefore surprising that Ranieri decided to take off Babel after just 10 minutes of the second half.
From that point on, Fulham slipped deeper and deeper into their own half. That was no coincidence. That decision ultimately cost the hosts, as they conceded in stoppage time.
PLAYER RATINGS
- Fulham - Rico 6, Chambers 7, Christie 6, Odoi 5, Bryan 4, Le Marchand 5, Ream 5, Schurrle 5, Seri 6, Mitrovic 7, Babel 8..subs - Kebano 5, Sessegnon 5, Cisse 5
- Spurs - Lloris 6, Rose 6, Sanchez 7, Vertonghen 5, Trippier 5, Alderweireld 5, Eriksen 7, Alli 7, Lamela 6, Winks 8, Llorente 5..subs - Dier 5, N’Koudou 6
KEY MOMENTS
- 11’ Chance for Babel! The Fulham attacker beats his man, Sanchez, and drives towards the Spurs goal. The angle was tight, but he still gets the shot away and Lloris makes the save at his near post.
- 17’ GOAL! Fulham 1-0 Spurs: It's an own goal, and would you believe it.... it's Llorente! The man brought in to give Spurs a threat at the other end has scored an own goal! The corner kick struck the Spaniard's shins and ended up in the back of the net. Fulham are ahead!
- 42’ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... NO! Fulham think they have scored a second goal, with Mitrovic heading home on the rebound after a Lloris save from Schurrle, but the flag was up for offside!
- 52’ GOAL! Fulham 1-1 Spurs: Spurs are back on level terms! Ream completely missed his clearance, giving Eriksen the chance to get a cross into the box. The delivery was a good one and Alli was on the end of it to convert into the back of the Fulham net. Parity restored!
- 60’ Off the crossbar! Inches away from being a second goal for Spurs. Rose cut inside off the left wing and got the shot away on shot, but it picks up a deflection and smashes off the woodwork.
- 85’ Alli hamstring? Is this going to be another injury to a key player for Spurs! Alli appeared to slide into the advertising hoardings at the side of the pitch and is now receiving treatment.
- 93’ GOAL! Fulham 1-2 Spurs: Spurs have got a late winner from a Harry, but it's not Kane! It's Winks! That could be a huge goal for the away side. N'Koudou whipped the cross into the Fulham box and Bryan allowed Winks to get ahead of him. The midfielder heads home.
KEY STATS
- Spurs have won four of their last six Premier League away games in which they’ve conceded first (L2), including on both occasions this season (6-2 v Everton and 2-1 v Fulham).
- Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri suffered his first Premier League defeat against Spurs (W7 D4 L1), in what was his 12th game in the competition against them.
- Fulham are the first team in the top five European Leagues to have conceded 50 goals in league competition this season (51).
- Spurs won a Premier League game without Harry Kane or Son Heung-Min for the first time since March 2014 (3-2 v Southampton).
- Since his Premier League debut in August 2015, Dele Alli has been directly involved in 47% of Spurs’ goals in the competition when Harry Kane hasn’t played (7/15 – five goals and two assists).
- No player has scored more headed goals than Spurs midfielder Dele Alli in the Premier League this season (4 - joint-high with Aleksandar Mitrovic).
- Fernando Llorente’s own goal for Spurs was their first in the Premier League since January 21st 2018 (364 days ago), when Davinson Sanchez did so against Southampton.
- Spurs have scored four Premier League own goals against Fulham - against no other side have they scored more (also four v Southampton).
- Fulham’s Ryan Babel started his first Premier League game since December 6th 2010 (for Liverpool against Aston Villa), 2967 days ago.
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