TOTTENHAM 3

Moura (43), Trippier (74), Kane (77)

FULHAM 1

Mitrovic (52)

Harry Kane finally ended his August Premier League goal drought as Tottenham Hotspur beat Fulham at Wembley.

The England captain, so prolific throughout the rest of the season, had never scored in the opening month of a league campaign, but put that right at the 15th attempt to ease Spurs home. Kane struck in the 77th minute, three minutes after Kieran Trippier had picked up where he left off at the World Cup with a free-kick to put his side ahead. Lucas Moura gave the Spurs the lead with a sublime finish just before the break, but Aleksandar Mitrovic levelled for the Premier League new boys. But it was England’s World Cup heroes that got the job done to end a week where Tottenham announced an extended stay at Wembley on a high. Spurs started better and they could have been two goals to the good with only eight minutes gone as Moura was guilty of missing two golden chances. Hugh Lloris had to make smart saves from Tom Cairney and Ryan Sessegnon, but the Spurs onslaught kept coming. Eventually the pressure told as Moura atoned for those earlier misses. The Brazilian ran on to a poor clearance to caress a delightful first-time effort into the far corner for his first Premier League goal for Spurs. If Spurs thought they had got the job done then they quickly realised different after the break. Mitrovic fired a warning when his low shot from the edge of the area crashed into a post, but he was not going to miss his next chance in the 52nd minute. The Serbian missed Joe Bryan’s cross from the left, but when Sessegnon played the ball back across goal he had the simple task of heading home from a yard out, so easy he did it from the floor. Spurs took time to regroup before their assault on the Fulham goal came. Trippier’s moment of magic came in the 74th minute when he sent a 30-yard free-kick over the wall and into the net. Kane’s golden moment came soon after as he cut inside and rolled into the bottom corner. He should have had a second soon after, but he shot straight at Fabri, who was being kept busy at the hosts threatened to run riot in the closing stages.