Tottenham Hotspur claimed their first win of the Premier League season at the seventh time of asking, as very good strikes by James Maddison and Omar Marmoush set them on track for a 3-1 victory over Coventry City.
The Sky Blues knew an early purpose would make the house crowd jittery, and Spurs wanted Jan Paul van Hecke to block Tatsuhiro Sakamoto’s fierce shot together with his face to deny the winger on his maiden Premier League begin.
Instead, the hosts took the lead for the first time in the league this season, with Maddison curling a scrumptious effort into the prime nook from the edge of the field after 14 minutes. It was an additional particular second for the Coventry youth product, who had not scored or began a sport since May 2025.
Spurs had the momentum and Dominic Solanke noticed a purpose dominated out for offside 5 minutes later, however the hosts in any other case struggled to flip their possession into clear-cut alternatives.
Solanke flashed a shot over the bar late in the half earlier than Micky van de Ven made a superb last-ditch sort out on Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Tottenham regarded comfy, however they have been pegged again 4 minutes after the restart, when Jack Rudoni pounced on a free ball inside the field and squeezed his second purpose in as many video games past Antonin Kinsky.
Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect upped the depth in response, they usually regained the lead 9 minutes later when Marmoush scored his first purpose in Spurs colors with a superb curling shot into the far nook from 18 yards.
There was one other particular second in the closing levels, when Dejan Kulusevski got here off the bench to make his first look in 526 days following a string of accidents.
Tottenham have been wanting to rating 3+ targets in the league for the first time since October 2025, they usually did so deep in stoppage time when substitute Ben Davies drove house his second purpose of the season.
It is simply Tottenham’s fourth house win in their past 26 Premier League video games (D7, L15), which strikes them off the backside of the desk and into sixteenth place.
The Sky Blues fall to seventeenth in consequence, beneath Spurs on purpose distinction, having now misplaced six successive matches in opposition to the North Londoners.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham Hotspur)
Key stats
– Tottenham scored three targets in a Premier League sport for the first time since October 2025 in opposition to Everton
– Coventry City have now failed to win any of their final 48 matches when conceding first in the Premier League, a run that dates again to a victory over Charlton Athletic in March 1999
– Since making his Premier League debut in August 2018, James Maddison has scored 21 targets from exterior the field, at the least two greater than another participant (Kevin De Bruyne & James Ward-Prowse, 19 every)
