26th August, 2023
James Maddison displayed man of the match performance as Tottenham beat Bournemouth 2-0 away from home on Saturday to temporarily stay on top of the premier league.
Maddison continued to provide the bright spark for Tottenham, and soon netted his first goal for the club, racing onto Pape Sarr’s defence-splitting pass and slotting under the onrushing Neto.
Andoni Iraola’s men needed a response, but before the break it was the visitors who looked the more likely to find a second, and they would’ve had one if not for Joe Rothwell clearing Richarlison’s goal-bound strike off the line.
A change in midfield at the interval revitalised Bournemouth, who looked much improved in their pursuit of an equaliser.
Dominic Solanke went close on a couple of occasions, while Antoine Semenyo’s curling first time effort from the edge of the area skimmed the post.
Ultimately though, the Cherries struggled to deal with Spurs’ quick interplay and a series of one touch-passes led to Destiny Udogie cutting back for Kulusevski, who fired into the far corner to score for the first time since January.