
Egyptian star Omar Marmoush scored a goal that led his team, Tottenham Hotspur, to its first victory in the English Premier League this season over Coventry City, 3-1, after James Maddison opened the scoring and Jack Rodoni equalized for Coventry before Ben Davies sealed the score in stoppage time.
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Tottenham Hotspur had been suffering from previous poor results in the Premier League this season before this match, while Coventry City were on the rise after two successive wins.
Egyptian star Omar Marmoush led his team, Tottenham Hotspur, to its first victory in the English Premier League this season, after scoring a goal in a 3-1 victory over its guest, Coventry City, on Monday, at the end of the seventh round of matches.
Tottenham succeeded in ending their series of negative results, winning three valuable points, raising their score to six points, advancing four places to sixteenth place, on goal difference against Coventry, which fell to seventeenth place.
On the other hand, Coventry's awakening was halted, led by its coach, Frank Lampard, after he entered the confrontation ecstatic by achieving two successive victories in the past two rounds.
Tottenham started the match with offensive activity, before James Maddison succeeded in opening the scoring in the 14th minute, with a wonderful shot that landed in the upper right corner of the goal, benefiting from a pass from his Ghanaian colleague Mohamed Quddus.
Despite the home team's control over the course of the game, the London team did not succeed in increasing its lead during the first half, which ended with a 1-0 victory.
At the beginning of the second half, Coventry was able to equalize in the 49th minute through Jack Rodoni, who took advantage of a defensive confusion in Tottenham's ranks to return the match to the starting point.
But the home team's response did not take long, as the team intensified its attacking attempts, before Marmoush succeeded in regaining the lead in the 59th minute, after firing a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, scoring his first goal in a Tottenham jersey since joining the team from Manchester City during the summer transfer period.
The final minutes witnessed Marmoush leaving the field due to an injury in the 87th minute, with Dejan Kulusevski participating in his place.
In the sixth minute of stoppage time, substitute Ben Davies decided the confrontation by scoring the third goal for Tottenham, following a low shot from his left foot that landed in the net.
Tottenham, led by its Italian coach Roberto De Zerbi, is preparing for a difficult test in the next round when it visits Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, while Coventry hosts Fulham in the eighth round.
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Portuguese Bruno Lage, coach of the Diriyah team, confirmed that the short recovery period before facing Riyadh will not be an excuse to look for excuses, stressing the importance of readiness and choosing the most appropriate lineup to achieve victory, with the team playing the match after a preparation period that does not exceed one training session. He talked about refereeing errors and wasted opportunities, and touched on other matches in the tenth round of the Saudi League.

Portuguese Bruno Lage, coach of the Diriyah team, confirmed that the short recovery period before facing Riyadh will not be an excuse to look for excuses, stressing the importance of readiness and choosing the most appropriate lineup to achieve victory, with the team playing the match after a preparation period that does not exceed one training session. Lage spoke about refereeing errors, wasted opportunities, and the need to focus on developing the team’s performance, stressing that he bears responsibility for the results.

Italian Simone Inzaghi, coach of Al Hilal, expressed his happiness with the late victory over Al Hazm 1-0 in the Saudi League, while German Thomas Leitch, coach of Al Shabab, acknowledged his team’s mistakes that led to a 2-2 draw with Al Faisaly, stressing that the team lacked control in the midfield.

Massimiliano Allegri, Napoli's coach, renewed his confidence in his players despite the bad results this season, while Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid's coach, praised Stuttgart's performance in the Champions League and warned of its difficulty. In the English Premier League, Omar Marmoush led Tottenham to their first victory this season over Coventry City 3-1, scoring his first goal with the team before leaving injured.

The Egyptian Football Association announced that it had received a notification from FIFA regarding the suspension of technical director Hossam Hassan and national team director Ibrahim Hassan for three matches each, and the suspension of player Mostafa Abdel Raouf “Zico” for five matches, due to statements after Egypt’s loss to Argentina 3-2 in the 2026 World Cup, and the Egyptian Football Association submitted an urgent grievance to study the possibility of appeal.

Al-Faisaly defender Mohamed Jahfali confirmed that the 2-2 draw with Al-Shabab away from home was a positive result, while Al-Hazm coach Jalal Al-Qadri expressed his regret for the loss with a fatal goal against Al-Hilal, and praised his team’s performance despite the defeat, while Gabriel Martinelli scored the winning goal for Al-Hilal in the 89th minute against Al-Hazm.