Spurs bounce back with goal spree against West Ham

Tottenham Hotspur scored three objectives in eight second-half minutes to beat 10-man West Ham United 4-1, bouncing again after throwing away a two-goal lead and shedding to Brighton & Hove Albion earlier than the worldwide break.

Mohammed Kudus put West Ham forward early on, just for Dejan Kulusevski to stage in direction of the tip of an entertaining first half.

Ange Postecoglou surprisingly withdrew James Maddison at half-time, however that change paid off as Spurs swiftly pulled clear.

Yves Bissouma swept residence within the 52nd minute. Then goalkeeper Alphonse Areola scored an personal aim within the fifty fifth minute, earlier than Son Heung-min struck the third aim within the sixtieth minute that settled the competition.

So as to add to West Ham’s woes, Kudus was despatched off late on as they drop to fifteenth within the Premier League desk with eight factors from as many matches, whereas Spurs go seventh with 13.

How the match unfolded

The guests struck first within the 18th minute when Jarrod Bowen confirmed nice tenacity to maintain an assault alive earlier than crossing for Kudus, who scored on the far submit.

Brennan Johnson was responsible of a obtrusive miss when he nodded Future Udogie’s cross huge, however Spurs did stage within the thirty sixth minute, Kulusevski’s strike hitting each posts and crossing the road regardless of West Ham goalkeeper Areola getting fingertips to it.

Pedro Porro despatched a scissor kick huge shortly earlier than half-time, however Spurs’ relentless strain was rewarded quickly after the interval with Bissouma side-footing in after glorious mixture play from Son and Udogie.

Spurs’ third aim got here in fortuitous trend as Son’s shot deflected off Jean-Clair Todibo and Areola earlier than squirming over the road. However there was no luck about their fourth aim because the South Korean raced by to fireplace residence.

Son clipped the foot of the submit one minute later, and West Ham’s depressing outing was capped when Kudus noticed pink for violent conduct.

Postecoglou’s change pays off

Coming after a 3-0 rout of Manchester United at Previous Trafford, Spurs’ 3-2 defeat at Brighton final day trip led many to explain Postecoglou’s fashion as reckless, slightly than entertaining.

Nonetheless, for as unhealthy as Spurs have been within the second half at Amex Stadium, they have been glorious after the break right here, with a shock half-time swap the catalyst.

Maddison performed a key function in Kulusevski’s leveller, capitalising on a West Ham turnover to drive over midway and discover the Swede close to the appropriate nook of the field, but he didn’t emerge for the second half as Postecoglou selected to introduce Pape Sarr.

That substitution proved a masterstroke, permitting Kulusevski to function in a No 10 function to devastating impact.

His intelligent reverse move performed in Son to pressure the personal aim, whereas it was Sarr who supplied the help when Son made it 4-1 on the hour-mark, his pinpoint move permitting the Spurs skipper to drive at Areola and arrow his end contained in the close to submit.

Postecoglou now has a variety headache forward of subsequent week’s journey to Crystal Palace, with Kulusevski staking his declare for a central function and Sarr bringing recent power to the midfield.

No lift-off for Lopetegui

Having thrashed Ipswich City 4-1 previous to the worldwide break, West Ham have been eyeing their first back-to-back Premier League victories since March.

The Julen Lopetegui period appeared to have lift-off when Kudus gave them a shock lead in opposition to Spurs, the winger scoring for a second straight match, however the Hammers’ defence started to creak underneath fixed strain and so they may don’t have any complaints when Kulusevski equalised.

Within the second half, West Ham merely failed to put a glove on their hosts. Bissouma was granted the liberty of the penalty space to attain Spurs’ second aim, and the next mix-up between Areola and Todibo summed up the guests’ efficiency.

So as to add to Lopetegui’s frustrations, Spurs’ third aim got here simply as he was readying a triple substitution in a bid to show the tide.

In the long run, West Ham have been arguably lucky to restrict their hosts to 4 objectives, with Kulusevski, Johnson and Timo Werner all passing up late possibilities. Johnson additionally ought to have scored within the opening interval.

To make issues worse for West Ham, they may even be with out key attacker Kudus for matches in opposition to Man Utd, Nottingham Forest and Everton following his late dismissal.

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What managers stated

Ange Postecoglou: “We needed to combat arduous within the first half. Going a aim down wasn’t ideally suited however we clawed our manner again into it, and it isn’t simple. West Ham are a giant bodily aspect and they’ve some velocity as properly.

“Second half we have been excellent. We upped the tempo and performed some high quality soccer, defended after we wanted to and received our ending proper.”

Julen Lopetegui: “To begin with we’re very upset for our followers. The abstract is that they [Tottenham] deserved to win to be honest. We began properly and we deserved to take the lead regardless of their two huge possibilities. We defended properly, attacked properly and had extra possibilities too.”

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Key details

Because the begin of final season, Tottenham have received eight of the 12 residence Premier League video games wherein they’ve conceded first (L4) that is no less than twice as many residence wins after falling 1-0 behind as some other aspect within the competitors on this time.

This was West Ham’s heaviest Premier League defeat in a recreation which they scored the opening aim since January 2013, once they misplaced 5-1 at Arsenal.

Tottenham have saved only one clear sheet throughout their final 19 residence Premier League video games (a 4-0 victory over Everton in August), whereas Spurs’ one clear sheet on residence soil in 2024 is the joint-fewest shutouts amongst ever-present sides within the competitors (alongside Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Wolves).

Because the begin of final season, solely Sheffield United (seven) have conceded extra personal objectives within the Premier League than West Ham (5), whereas Tottenham have benefitted from extra personal objectives than some other aspect within the competitors throughout that interval (seven).