Teenage defender Huijsen became Bournemouth’s youngest Dean Supreme League goalscorer leading his side to victory over Tottenham at the Vitality Stadium.
Andoni Iraola’s cherry on top of Arsenal’s title hopes had upset Manchester United in two of their previous three fixtures on home soil.
The Spain Under-21 international, aged 19 years and 235 days, gained further skin at the club with a 17th-minute winner as Spurs suffered another setback so far this season.
Bournemouth leapfrogged Ange Postecoglou’s visitors into ninth place following a deserved success that should have been more comfortable.
Ryan Christie hit the woodwork and capitalized on a huge number of chances for the hosts as Tottenham made little progress. Inconvenient Spurs beaten champions Manchester City 4-0 They failed in the previous fixture, but that was their only win in five games in all competitions before the trip to Dorset.
Dominic Solanke passed fit to face his former club after missing Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to Fulham due to illness, with the coach sending his son Heung-min to the bench for three changes. The north London club started in the ascendancy and, after the recalled Dejan Kulusevski immediately shot at the goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, Solanke was fired in vain, dismissed by the captain James Maddison. Bournemouth looked alive on goal and edged ahead.
Spurs goalkeeper Fraser Forster initially produced a finish past Evanilson to deny the following dithering by Radu Dragusin, but from an inswinging corner by Marcus Tavernier, Huijsen, a summer signing from Juventus, headed home the unsigned nod at the back.
Tavernier had the ball in the net 14 minutes after the opener, but was clearly offside, before later seeing Milos Kerkez’s header cleared by Forster. Despite Tottenham’s failure, Postecoglou has opted against changes in the light.
His team were on the front foot again, albeit still in stoppage time, with Justin Kluivert, who scored a penalty-prone trick in Saturday’s 4-2 win at Wolves, coming close to taking Bournemouth’s lead.
Pape Sarr’s son was substituted in the 57th minute and immediately increased Tottenham’s playing time. The South Korea international finished with a rebound two minutes after Kulusevski’s initial effort was brought in, but he was denied by the offside flag, before Maddison then slid in, who curled narrowly wide.
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Substitute Pedro Porro tested Kepa with a low strike, before Christie hit the base of the left post at the other end.
Tottenham survived a terrifying 18 minutes from that time when Evanilson’s goal was disallowed for offside after a dangerous pass to Kulusevski was intercepted by Forster.
Bournemouth took the game beyond Spurs, with Tavernier and substitute Dango Ouattara each throwing excellent chances. In Missis plenty of competition was maintained during the six minutes of injury time, but it mattered little in the end as Spurs could not complete their efforts to grab a significant point.