Igor Tudor accuses Fulham players of 'cheating' in scathing rant as Tottenham relegation fears grow

The north London club's frustration stemmed from perceived inconsistency in officiating decisions.

Just seven days earlier, Spurs had seen a goal disallowed against Arsenal when Randal Kolo Muani was judged to have pushed Gabriel Magalhaes.

Tudor's tenure at the helm has now yielded two defeats from his opening matches in charge.

For this London derby, the Croatian opted to deploy a back four, yet his struggling side found themselves trailing within the opening seven minutes.

Harry Wilson netted the decisive goal for the Cottagers, though Tottenham were left incensed by the build-up.

Raul Jimenez appeared to shove Radu Dragusin before the ball found its way into the net, but referee Bramall allowed the goal to stand without intervention.

Tudor said: "Of course it’s a foul. Nine out of 10 people will say it’s a foul, I believe, because it’s so obvious.

"Sometimes the criteria don’t have consistency.

"Last week what happened in our game against Arsenal, same thing.

"He (Jimenez) was not thinking about the ball, he was thinking how to cheat, so he cheated the player with pushing and they scored the goal. So it’s cheating and there’s the foul.”

Tudor added in his BBC Match of the Day interview: "I didn’t like the referee today, too much of a home team referee.

"I didn’t feel well with him. All the decisions were on their side. He doesn’t understand football, the feeling of what is wrong and what is right.”

Fulham doubled their advantage in the 34th minute when ex-Arsenal midfielder Alex Iwobi fired in from range and even though Spurs substitute Richarlison pulled one back, the club’s winless run has extended to a record-equalling 10 Premier League games.

Whilst West Ham lost at Liverpool on Saturday to stay four points behind 16th-placed Tottenham, the north London outfit remains in a precarious situation.

Tudor reflected: "The problems are much bigger, the problems are much bigger.

"It’s a complicated situation. A lot of problems, I cannot tell you nothing new. Nothing new. We need to find the voices inside each of us.

"I said to the players, ‘it’s always what you’re going to do, what you want to do with yourself,’ you know? More personality, more wish to do before reacting, a lot of things.

"We lack when we attack, we are lacking the quality to score the goal, we are lacking in the middle to run and we are lacking behind to stay there to suffer and not concede the goal. So, an amazing situation."

Spurs had been second-best for an hour until Tudor introduced Pape Sarr, Mathys Tel and Richarlison and asked if he wanted to see more fight, Tudor responded: “I want to see everything more.

"Of course (substitutes) give something and of course we need that, Pedro (Porro) also, when Kevin (Danso) comes inside, personality and quality, so it changes. They bring this of course. "This is the key also to have the players who can give this to the team. Too many players need the help from each other.”

Fulham boss Marco Silva refused to be drawn on their opener but claimed victory was deserved.

Silva added: "No, I will not make any comments on it. Of course it is their opinion and I have to respect it. Of course the result, I believe the three points, (it’s) clear we deserve it. The score should be different with the amount of chances we created. Great performance from us.”

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