Relegation looks ever closer for Tottenham, as they recorded their fourth consecutive loss in the Premier League, and moved within four points of the relegation zone.
The Lilywhites remain the only team in the league without a Premier League win since the turn of the New Year.
Although some nervy moments towards the end of the game, which included Richarlison’s headed finish, for the most part it was a dominant performance from the Cottagers.
First half goals from Harry Wilson and Alex Iwobi were enough to seal the points in the end, although they could have and should have had themselves a few more than what they did, with chances going abegging.
It has been a great season for Harry Wilson so far, and it keeps getting better as he added yet another goal and an assist to his impressive tally.
Those involvements took the Welshman up to 15 goal contributions in the league, with nine goals and six assists.
Marco Silva’s men have now won three games in a row and will have one eye on moving up into the European places come the end of the season.
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Story of the game
Fulham opened the scoring early on through Wilson, a deep ball into the box from Kenny Tete was knocked back into the box by Oscar Bobb.
After a feint headed touch from Conor Gallagher, Wilson met the ball on the volley with a strike that fired past Guglielmo Vicario in the Spurs net to give his side the lead.
A VAR-check allowed it to stand, although this did not come without controversy, after a potential foul on Radu Drăgușin by Raúl Jiménez with the challenge in the air.
Spurs fans and players felt short changed, following a similar incident which involved Kolo Muani in theNorth London Derby was ruled out last weekend.
It was a pretty one-sided first half in terms of meaningful chances, and the hosts had themselves a second in the 35th minute, as Iwobi added his name to the scoresheet.
A well-worked goal with the chance coming from a one-two move with Wilson, the midfielder’s side-footed strike with great technique from the edge of the box going in off the post.
Igor Tudor’s side began to wake up and applied some pressure following that goal, although failed to conjure up many chances of substance.
These frustrations were confirmed by spirited defending from Calvin Bassey, who put in a series of blocks to deny both Kolo Muani and former Fulham midfielder João Palhinha.
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The second half started with much of the same, with countless chances missed by the home side, as they looked to put the game to bed.
A couple of chances for the ex-Arsenal player Emile Smith-Rowe, one down the left-hand side as he was slipped in by Bobb, although his effort across goal bobbled wide of the post.
The best chance came from a ball-through from Iwobi, who was involved again, with Smith-Rowe one-on-one with Vicario, although quick reactions from the ‘keeper kept the score to two.
Recently introduced Richarlison gave the North London side a lifeline in the match with a move down the left flank. Archie Gray with an overlapping run and stood the ball up to the back post for the Brazilian striker to head home to halve the deficit.
There were some late chances in desperation from Spurs although the Fulham defence stood strong and denied them any chance to share the points.
Player of the match: Alex Iwobi
The Nigerian international was a different class today for the hosts and he was at the fore-front of the vast majority of Fulham’s promising attacking moves.
Not just in an attacking sense, but he was dominant in both areas of the pitch, repeatedly winning the ball back for his side allowing them to counter quickly.
This all goes without mentioning his strike that gave Fulham their second goal, a beautiful side-footed effort that kissed the post on the way in, which ended up being the deciding goal to make all of the difference.