LONDON — Second-half goals from Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg maintained Tottenham Hotspur’s perfect home record in the English Premier League in beating Everton 2-0.
Kane fired his team in front with a 59th-minute penalty after being brought down by Jordan Pickford. Hojbjerg sealed the win late with a precise finish.
Tottenham was level on points with second-placed Manchester City.
It was Kane’s third penalty this week after scoring one and missing one in the UEFA Champions League win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday.
Pickford rashly brought down Kane while fumbling a shot from Matt Doherty. The Everton goalkeeper buried his head in the turf before referee Paul Tierney blew his whistle, accepting his error. Kane fired his spot kick low into the bottom corner.
Tottenham’s total of 23 points after 10 games is its best start in the top-flight and its highest tally since 1963.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored from the penalty spot on his return from injury to grab a 2-2 draw for Fulham against Bournemouth in a pulsating Premier League game at Craven Cottage.
Dominic Solanke gave the visitors a flying start for the visitors, combining brilliantly with Danish midfielder Philip Billing and rifling home a first-time finish after 62 seconds.
Mitrovic, recovering from an ankle knock, started slowly but burst into life with a snap shot that was turned behind in the 22nd minute, and Issa Diop brought Fulham level with a thumping header from the resulting corner.
Bournemouth were back in the lead seven minutes later when a defensive lapse from Fulham was punished, Solanke running at Tim Ream before cutting the ball back to Jefferson Lerma who slotted it past Bernd Leno.
Fulham levelled again early in the second half when Mitrovic was wrestled to the ground by Lerma, and the 28-year-old Serbian striker made no mistake from the spot to net his seventh goal of the season.
The sides remained close together in mid-table, with Bournemouth in ninth spot on 13 points and Fulham 10th, one point adrift.
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