Tottenham go top with 2-0 victory over Fulham
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Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min scores their first goal.
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LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur's best start to a top-flight season for more 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home win over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday.
Captain Son Heung-min's seventh league goal of the campaign and James Maddison's first home strike for the club secured a seventh win in nine league games.
Son curled a right-foot effort into the top corner in the 36th minute and then set up playmaker Maddison to score with a cool finish in the 54th.
Unbeaten in the league under new manager Ange Postecoglou, Spurs have 23 points, two more than champions Manchester City and local rivals Arsenal.
Fulham, who were disappointing, are 13th on 11 points.
Victory was especially sweet as the west London side knocked Tottenham out of the League Cup on penalties -- the only hiccup so far in Postecoglou's impressive start in north London. REUTERS
