As Spurs swiftly found their 18/19 Premier League paace, it was a fellow London resident of whom they welcomed into their adopted home of Wembley most recently. Our latest pictorial piece that comes framed with all the energy of a resilient Tottenham win, it's through the lens of photographer Milo Belgrove that this feature lands with raw beauty - real football.
For Spurs, this was a game to set the tone for a fresh season. At 'home' for the first time in this campaign, it was also a chance for those returning into the squad post-World Cup to find their rhythm. Plenty of positives including three goals for Spurs and an August ruffling of the net from Harry Kane means the home side ran out winners of this contest. Fulham, naturally as once again Premier League new boys gave a credited display though it was the experience and gel that bound Spurs as they dominated as well as delivered.
It was recently announced that Spurs will reside at Wembley for a little longer while their new stadium is completed and shaking off any sense of hoo-doo, Wembley looks to have finally become a place where this side can play with freedom. Spurs have banked six points from their opening fixtures and for this match up having Kane on the scoresheet coupled with Lucas Moura and Kieran Trippier, it shows just how deadly the side is from each of their pillars of play. One of Fulham's headliners was able to grab a consolation from a tidy build up and they are still adjusting and finding a rhythm and they can't be too beaten up by this performance.
Capturing the game from a different perspective, photographer Milo Belgrove has mixed a variety of techniques to capture the on and off pitch energy for this fixture. People very much making the party, the support Spurs have been receiving for fixtures like this has seen Wembley hit between 70-80,000 attendance and it goes to show the beast they are becoming. North v West London, while this may not have been the most heated of 'derby' fixtures, it still had that added edge.
Ready to roll into a new weekend of fixtures, you can expect talking points and telling signs as this third weekend goes beyond the difficult second album and will start to show what each team is really made of this term.
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Photography by Milo Belgrove for SoccerBible.
