Tottenham mounted a comeback of their very own after three targets in eight second-half minutes impressed a 4-1 victory over 10-player West Ham on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Spurs had been left to dwell on their collapse at Brighton through the worldwide break and after a vibrant begin, they may have been left fearing the worst as Mohammed Kudus gave the Hammers the lead (18). The hosts had been warned moments earlier as Guglielmo Vicario needed to pull of a shocking save to disclaim the Ghana worldwide, however the Spurs goalkeeper may do nothing to maintain out his second effort after latching onto Jarrod Bowen’s cross.
You would sense the frustration throughout the bottom after Spurs wasted one other vibrant begin and alternatives continued to come back and go. The returning Heung-min Son’s curled effort flew inches large, whereas the in-form Brennan Johnson missed with a header from six yards because the ball hit his shoulder and bounced large.
However Spurs ultimately discovered the breakthrough as Dejan Kulusevski’s shot beat Alphonse Areola earlier than hitting each posts and creeping over the road, a lot to the reduction of the house followers.
From that second, Spurs, who changed James Maddison with Pape Sarr on the break, by no means regarded again amidst a fast capitulation from West Ham.
Yves Bissouma began the scoring rush within the 52nd minute earlier than an personal aim from Areola after Jean-Clair Todibo had additionally deflected Son’s shot (55) and was described as “comical” by Sky Sports activities‘ Micahel Dawson on Soccer Saturday, three minutes later noticed Spurs open up a two-goal benefit.
Son (60) capped the scoring spree with Spurs third in eight minutes, slamming house on the far submit to see his facet bounce again from their Brighton nightmare in very good fashion.
West Ham’s dramatic second-half collapse was full when Kudus lastly obtained a purple card after a prolonged VAR test. In a fracas in direction of the top of the match after a coming along with Micky van de Ven, Kudus raised his palms to each the Dutchman and Sarr. He was initially proven a yellow card however after being despatched to the VAR display screen, referee Andrew Madley brandished a purple card to cap a day to neglect for Julen Lopetegui and his facet.
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