Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Harry Kane strike to steer Tottenham past Fulham

Tottenham extended their unbeaten start to the season with a confident victory over Fulham. Antonio Conte’s side were in complete control of the first half and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg’s goal was the least they deserved for their dominance. Bernd Leno’s excellence kept the scoreline down but the former Arsenal goalkeeper could not prevent Harry Kane doubling the lead to become the third highest scorer in Premier League history.

Aleksandar Mitrovic rifled home his sixth goal of the season to flatter Fulham late on but Spurs would not be denied a fourth win from their opening six games. Conte led the club into the Champions League with a surging finish to last season and their win over Fulham stretched their run of league games without defeat to 12 matches.

Richarlison was handed his first start for Tottenham in one of five changes from the team which drew at West Ham, while the defender Cristian Romero was fit to return to the lineup after missing the last three matches with a muscle injury.

Marco Silva opted to stick with the team which defeated Brighton but had the option of introducing new signings Willian, Daniel James and Carlos Vinícius from the bench.

Spurs almost opened the scoring within the seven minutes after Rodrigo Bentancur threaded a ball through to Kane but the England striker’s shot was pushed around the post by Leno.

They then had the ball in the net after Son Heung-min curled his cross past Leno but the goal was immediately chalked off, with Kane offside and deemed to be interfering with play after attempting to head the ball. It was an early warning for Fulham, though, and it already had the look of a long afternoon for the newly promoted visitors.

Spurs were swarming all over their opponents and it