BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) – James Maddison scored his first aim for Tottenham in a 2-0 win over Bournemouth within the Premier League on Saturday that maintained Spurs’ unbeaten begin underneath Ange Postecoglou.
Maddison put Spurs forward within the seventeenth minute with a exact end and Dejan Kulusevski doubled the benefit together with his first aim of the season within the 63rd as Tottenham adopted up final weekend’s house win over Manchester United with one other spectacular efficiency.
The crew now has two wins and a draw underneath Postecoglou whereas taking part in the attack-minded type of soccer that the supervisor has delivered to the membership. Though with Richarlison struggling badly up entrance for a 3rd sport in a row and nonetheless searching for a primary aim of the season – he was taken off an hour into the sport – some Spurs followers may nonetheless be questioning simply how good this crew may have been had the membership not bought talismanic striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich on the eve of the season.
Tottenham dominated the primary half and Maddison – who joined from relegated Leicester within the offseason – opened the scoring when he ran onto a cross into the world from Pepe Matar Sarr and directed the ball contained in the far submit with a first-time effort.
Richarlison had an opportunity to double the lead when he was performed via on aim, however after evading one defender, he couldn’t get his ft sorted in time for a shot earlier than the ball was blocked by one other.
Bournemouth improved after the break however Tottenham doubled its lead towards the run of play when Destiny Udogie exchanged passes with Son Heung-min earlier than pulling the ball again throughout aim, the place Kulusevski slotted it contained in the far submit.
Heavy rain then additional decreased Bournemouth’s probabilities of staging a comeback.
The Cherries have one level from its opening three video games after dropping at Liverpool final weekend.
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