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Fulham Celebrate Silva’s Milestone with Stunning Derby Win at Spurs
Fulham marked Marco Silva’s 200th match at the helm with a spirited 2-1 win over Tottenham, piling more misery on a Spurs side now winless in six straight Premier League home fixtures.
The afternoon unravelled almost immediately for the hosts. Just six minutes in, Fulham were two goals up.
Kenny Tete’s strike took a wicked deflection to wrong-foot Guglielmo Vicario, before Harry Wilson capitalised on the goalkeeper’s poor positioning with a superb long-range finish from a tight angle.
Spurs, already bruised from last weekend’s derby loss to Arsenal, looked rattled and disorganised.
Samuel Chukwueze nearly deepened the chaos when his fierce drive crashed off the post, while Micky van de Ven was forced into a brilliant recovery challenge to spare Pedro Porro’s blushes.
Fulham’s confident pressing and incisive movement left Tottenham drifting through a punishing first half.
A response finally arrived after the interval. Randal Kolo Muani flashed a header wide before Mohammed Kudus hammered home to drag Spurs back into the contest.
With momentum swinging, Lucas Bergvall saw a header dramatically cleared off the line by Raúl Jiménez, keeping Fulham’s lead alive.
Tottenham poured forward, but Fulham absorbed the pressure with grit and organisation. Missed chances from Wilson Odobert and Kolo Muani summed up Spurs’ growing desperation as time ebbed away.
The visitors held firm to secure their first away league victory of the season, extending their unbeaten run against Spurs to four matches.
For Thomas Frank, a third straight defeat caps a grim November and leaves serious questions ahead of a demanding December.