Maddison shines as Spurs beat Bournemouth

James Maddison opened his Tottenham account with a fine finish past Cherries goalkeeper Neto

James Maddison scored his first Tottenham goal and delivered an outstanding individual performance as Spurs continued their fine start to life under Ange Postecoglou with victory at Bournemouth.

Spurs carved out the better opportunities before half-time but Richarlison - who endured a frustrating afternoon - was unable to open his tally for the season despite finding himself in some excellent goalscoring positions.

Bournemouth made a bright start to the second half and Antoine Semenyo nearly followed up his goal at Anfield last weekend with a superb second-half equaliser, but the Ghanaian's curling effort from the edge of the box flew narrowly wide of the top corner.

Young full-back Destiny Udogie was the architect of the visitors' second, playing an excellent one-two with Heung-min Son before cutting the ball back for Dejan Kulusevski, who found the far corner for his first of the campaign.

Spurs have seven points from their opening three league games, while Bournemouth's wait for a first win of the season goes on after slipping to a second straight defeat.

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Maddison sensational for Spurs

To say Maddison has hit the ground running at Tottenham would be doing the former Leicester man a great disservice.

The England international followed up his two assists in the opening-day draw at Brentford with another influential display in victory over Manchester United, and he was superb once again on the south coast as Spurs continued their unbeaten start.

Often dropping deep to collect possession, Maddison was at the heart of the visitors' best attacking moves and could have scored seconds before his right-footed opener, but Neto - whose hasty clearance had gifted Spurs possession - atoned for his error.

Richarlison spurned two good chances to double Tottenham's lead - both from superb Maddison balls - the Brazilian dallying long enough to give Bournemouth time to clear before sending a close-range header into the side-netting.

That first opening in particular summed up a disappointing afternoon for the former Everton player, who lost the ball cheaply on several occasions before being replaced by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg on the hour mark.

Udogie, a £15m summer signing from Udinese, took a leaf out of Maddison's book for Tottenham's second, linking up wonderfully with Son before darting to the byline and clawing the ball back for Kulusevski.

Maddison missed a late chance to add a third for Spurs but it mattered little on a comfortable afternoon for Postecoglou's team, whose fans were singing "we've got our Tottenham back" moments before the full-time whistle.

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