It was like welcoming back old friends to see James Maddison and - in his substitute role - Dejan Kulusevski featuring for Tottenham against Coventry last night. There is no doubt Spurs would have avoided the nightmare of the last year if these couple of swells had not been grounded by injury problems.

Let's be honest, we could not relax and enjoy the game. Even the combustible Roberto De Zerbi kept his excitement on a tight rein, like a condemned man watching his scaffold being built and then granted a reprieve.

There was always that nagging feeling that Coventry were going to nick a point, and it was not until loyalist Ben Davies banged in the injury-time third goal that we dared accept Spurs had at last won a League match.........

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It was a Monday night of firsts for Spurs. It was, of course, our first Premier League win of the season (at the seventh attempt), and enough to lift us off the bottom and into 16th place. James Maddison got us on the road to victory with his first goal for the club since his last competitive start against Bodo/Glimt on May 1st last year. It was James' first league goal since a 1-0 home win over Manchester United on 16th February, 2025.

Omar Marmoush scored his first goal for the club, and Ben Davies secured the win with a 96th minute goal. That was Ben's 9th Premier League goal for the club; his first league goal this season and his first in the competition since January.

This was also the first time this season that we have scored in the first half of a Premier League match, and our first three-goal haul in the league since last October, away to Everton.

The most significant first was the return to action of Dejan Kulusevski......

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The sun was slowly setting over the Stretford End stand at kick-off, and when Bryan Mbeumo gave United a 73rd minute lead in front of that stand, Spurs' hopes of getting off the bottom of the table looked hopeless.

Spurs had been all over United in the first half but had failed to convert the chances that should have given them a three-goal lead. There had been no shortage of effort throughout the game, but an excess of passion led to substitute Rodrigo Bentancur seeing red in the 78th minute.

Spurs faced an uphill battle, but the ten men played like eleven and scored a dramatic and deserved equaliser in the 92nd minute. The goal was scored by Solanke (his first Premier League goal since March) who captained the side for the first time.......

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A couple of damning stats emerged after yesterday's disastrous second home defeat of the season to fellow strugglers Aston Villa. One from "Opta Joe" told us that Spurs have lost 50 of their 141 Premier League games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as many defeats as Arsenal have suffered in 382 top-flight matches at the Emirates Stadium. The other from "Squawka" reminded us that Spurs have won just two of their last TWENTY-ONE home games in the Premier League. Those games were against Brentford last December and Everton in May.

Spurs fans (with White Hart Lane station closed on matchday!) needed determination to get to the game and to get home afterwards, and they need the patience of Job waiting for an elusive league win.

At least we saw a goal by our team today, but the one that received the loudest cheer was cancelled by VAR. The two we did score, late in the game, were meaningless in the context of our team being 3-0 down after 79 minutes.

Anyone facing us at the moment must fancy their chances against "The Fall Guys".....

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