Tottenham snaps winless run at home to Coventry
Omar Marmoush scored his first goal for Tottenham as Roberto De Zerbi's men battled to a 3-1 win over Coventry City.
Spurs had gone winless in their first six Premier League matches this term, and another failure to take all three points on Monday would have seen them draw to within one game of matching their longest winless start to a season in the competition.
Yet Marmoush's finish and Ben Davies's stoppage-time effort saw Spurs get over the line at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
James Maddison, making his first competitive start for Spurs since May 2025, opened the scoring in the 14th minute.
The former Coventry playmaker met Mohammed Kudus's cutback on the cusp of the visitors' area and bent a sensational strike into the top-left corner.
Yet Spurs failed to build on their lead, with Dominic Solanke having a goal disallowed for offside before he arrowed over, and Coventry was level early in the second half when the in-form Jack Rudoni hammered in from close range.
Sandro Tonali blazed over as Spurs got straight onto the front foot, though, and that pressure paid off as Marmoush spun Milan van Ewijk, who took an elbow to the face for his troubles, and curled beyond Carl Rushworth, who might have done better.
Rushworth should definitely have kept out the decisive third in the 96th minute, but Coventry's goalkeeper allowed Davies' tame shot to sneak in and settle the contest.
