Report, result, goals as Muniz and Sessegnon move Cottagers eighth

Rodrigo Muniz’s 78th-minute strike and Ryan Sessegnon’s finish against his former club 10 minutes later lifted Fulham to eighth in the Premier League with victory over Tottenham at Craven Cottage.

Substitute Muniz required 15 minutes after replacing Raul Jimenez to open the scoring, rolling in his ninth goal of the season in all competitions after being teed up by Andreas Pereira.

Sessegnon, who played for Spurs for five years before rejoining Fulham in 2024, shrugged off Ben Davies and curled in a precise right-footed effort a minute after coming on to strengthen the Cottagers’ push for European qualification after Dominic Solanke had missed one of several second-half chances for Spurs.

Fulham are three points behind fifth-placed Manchester City after their 12th win of the season, while 13th-placed Tottenham remain five points behind Crystal Palace immediately above them.

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— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) March 16, 2025

Fulham v Tottenham: Spurs lose again

After a quiet first half containing precious few opportunities, Tottenham looked more likely to make the breakthrough after the introductions of Lucas Bergvall and Son Heung-Min for Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson at half-time.

Visiting manager Ange Postecoglou had spoken of the difficulty of following up good performances in Europa League games on Thursdays with positive league results four days later.

Tottenham beat AZ Alkmaar 3-1 at home three days ago to reach the quarter-finals of the competition 3-2 on aggregate.

Postecoglou’s words proved prophetic, with Tottenham’s 15th league defeat of the season underlining the importance of their European campaign to lightening the gloom around their troubled domestic season.

Postecoglou: ‘Difficult’ for Tottenham

“We had a big chance to go ahead [through Solanke] and then we conceded a really soft goal and the game got away from us,” rued the Australian, speaking to BBC Match of the Day.

“Both goals were pretty soft. At the very least, you want to stay in the game. In the second half we were the better team and had the best chances up to that point.

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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 16, 2025

“It’s been a difficult campaign, for sure. We’ve lost too many games that we should have got stuff out of, and this was one of those.”

Tottenham, Fulham fixtures

Spurs will aim to win for the first time in four league games on April 3 (8pm GMT), when they visit a Chelsea side who beat them 4-3 on December 8.

Fulham host Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 29 (12.15pm) before visiting Arsenal in the league on April 1 (7.45pm).