21 January,2019
Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri said his side are
"alive and will continue to fight" despite losing to
Tottenham through Harry Winks' injury-time
header at Craven Cottage.
Spurs, who had already lost Dele Alli to a
hamstring injury, looked set to concede further
ground on league leaders Liverpool but Winks
stooped low in the 93rd minute to head past Sergio
Rico from close range.
"It was a very bad moment for us," said Ranieri, whose
side are 19th and seven points from safety.
"The performance was fantastic, but we lost the
match through experience, that's it. At the end we
took a free-kick into the box. Why? We should have
taken the ball into the corner.
"We played well and sooner or later we will find our
way. We have to continue to believe. Now we have
to stay together and I hope other players arrive to
help us."
Winks' last-gasp winner means third-placed Spurs
have a seven-point cushion over Arsenal in fifth in
the battle for Champions League places.
"Sometimes in football, it is not tactics or formation
- you have to believe," said manager Mauricio
Pochettino.
"It was an unexpected finish. That's why it is so
important to believe."
Fulham had nine shots on goal in an impressive
first half and took a deserved lead when Tottenham
striker Fernando Llorente scored an own goal.
The Spaniard, making his first Premier League start
of the season in place of the injured Harry Kane,
inadvertently beat Hugo Lloris from close range
while attempting to clear the danger inside his own
six-yard box after a Jean Michael Seri corner.
The hosts thought they had doubled their lead five
minutes before the interval but Aleksandar
Mitrovic's header was ruled out as the Serbian was
adjudged to be offside.
However, Spurs responded in the second period
and they drew level six minutes after the interval
when Dele Alli ghosted in behind the Fulham
defence to head a pin-point Christian Eriksen cross
past Rico.
And Winks completed the turnaround in stoppage
time when he met substitute Georges-Kevin
Nkoudou's cross to break Fulham's resistance.
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