Tottenham and Boring are two words that have rarely appeared in the same prayer during the Ange Postecoglou. For all those connected to this club, a goals without goals would have felt like a welcome relief of the usual madness.
And just when they seemed to be ready to first be in 109 games, the inevitable happened.
It was a game that began with the vigor and tempo of a Sunday afternoon walk through Thames. But ultimately, it was established by a decisive tactical adjustment of Fulham Marco Silva Chief.
After seeing Postecoglou bring to his son Heung-Min, Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison from the bank with great effect, Silva, taking charge of his 200th game of the Premier League, also rolled the dice.
Rodrigo Muniz arrived below for Raúl Jiménez. A quarter of an hour later, it was Muniz who finally broke the point of the dead, stroking carelessly by Guglielmo Vicario from inside the box.
He still managed to get worse further from there for Posttecoglou. The substitute Ryan Sessegnon, who only joined Fulham from Tottenham in the summer, beat Ben Davies before bending the ball deliciously beyond Vicar.
Tottenham fell to another defeat of the Premier League after Fulham's late show
Rodrigo Muniz broke the dot 78 minutes after going beyond Guglielmo Vicario
The result leaves the spurs 10 points drifting from the upper half and the pressure of the batteries in Ange Postecoglou
And with that, Tottenham was returned to Earth with an increase after his crucial victory over Az Alkmaar in the Europa League.
Postecoglou made seven changes next to his side and the retired one of Mathys Tel created the first opportunity after a 20 -minute opening that had the rhythm of a Sunday walk.
The Frenchman made his way in the box, evading Fulham's legs thrown in his direction, and Dominic Solanke stalked in the middle. But Tel's Cross only had too much for Solanke, who could not make decisive contact from 10 yards.
However, that was as good as it was for Tottenham. Instead of kicking, he managed to shoot in the foot every time.
Djed Spence put his hands on the back of Jiménez while Fulham's striker jumped to meet a cross. The Mexican striker implored referee Andy Madley granting a penalty.
The vociferant message from the manager Marco Silva to the fourth official suggested similar. But Var Paul Tierney did not see any reason to revoke the decision in the field.
But at this point, Tottenham was struggling to get out of his own half, his cause did not help for Wayward's passage. Yves Bissouma pass directly off the game under little pressure marked a particular point.
Another error led to Fulham's best opportunity. Fortunately for Tottenham, he fell to Fulham's defender, Timothy Castagne. He collected Davies's terrible free space, but curled up a tame effort directly to Guglielmo Vicario.
Ryan Sessegnon folded Fulham's second goal just a few minutes after being brought
The spurs are languishing in 13º despite a brief rally in the second half in Craven Cottage
Dominic Solanke could not divert an effort on the goal while the Spurs were looking for an advance
The last left -hander blocks Archie Gray, who was given a rare initial place in her preferred position in the midfield, and Cristian Romero followed him while the postecoglou side continued to live dangerously.
He turned to Son and Bergvall on the break and had the impact he wanted.
The Swedish, in particular, was impressive. He added impulse and drove in the midfield and saw his cross nodded by Solanke.
Soon he joined in the middle of the park by Maddison, for Romero with 20 minutes to play, and it was the first touch of Maddison that the starter should have established.
Bernd Leno was finally called to action to avoid Curling's shot from Tel. But Fulham's goalkeeper pushed the ball directly towards the Maddison road, who skillfully used his chest to find Solanke, who flew terribly high and wide from a few meters.
Fulham's possibilities were few and distant.
Willian, the old Arsenal and Chelsea end, received a pantomime boos choir since the end of each touch. He almost established the game with a stunner too, curling centimeters wide from the edge of the box.
But with 12 minutes to play, it was the submarine of Silva who arose wins.
Ben Davies also nodded with the aim of another afternoon to forget visitors
Willian moved away from centimeters to score with his curling strike whistling the target
Tottenham could not clear his lines of a cross of Antonee Robinson and allowed Adama Traore and Andreas Pereira to exchange passes before the ball fell to Muniz. The Brazilian did not have time for a backswing, but that was no problem while stroking the corner farther away from Vicar.
Things worsened even more for visitors in a shameful way when Davies could not deal with Leno's long ball. Sessegnon demonstrated too determined in his search for possession and left the Welsh on his back.
The full back was harassed of injuries during his time in Tottenham, but he curled up emphatically beyond Vicar to seal the victory.