Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 West Ham United: Hammers come from behind as Spurs drop points again
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West Ham United continued their fine run of form as a second-half comeback at Tottenham, who dropped points from a winning position for a fifth consecutive game.
Cristian Romero’s early header had given Spurs a deserved opener in the 11th minute as the defender nodded in Pedro Porro’s corner with a looping effort.
But Jarrod Bowen hit back for the Hammers, latching on to a loose ball in the penalty area and firing in a 52nd-minute equalizer.
And, after a poor backpass from Spurs defender Destiny Udogie, James Ward-Prowse side-footed an effort against the post before knocking in the rebound to complete West Ham’s turnaround in the 74th minute.
West Ham have won five of their past six fixtures across all competitions while Tottenham suffered their fourth defeat in five and have not tasted victory since October.
Bowen epitomizes tireless performance
West Ham are in a purple patch, but for much of the first half against their London rivals the Hammers barely had a touch as Tottenham seemed to dictate play at will.
Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus had a strike ruled out for offside and Lucas Paqueta sent a header narrowly wide as the visitors got a foothold just before the break.
Having absorbed Spurs’ pressure West Ham were fortunate to level when Kudus’ shot deflected off both Romero and Ben Davies and into the path of Bowen who dinked the ball over onrushing Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
Twenty minutes later Bowen, again playing up front with regular number nine Michail Antonio recovering from a hamstring injury, forced Vicario to rush off his line to deal with Udogie’s horror backpass.
The Italian pushed the ball straight to Ward-Prowse who duly netted West Ham’s second after first striking the post.
West Ham were clinical when they needed to be with leading scorer Bowen epitomizing his side’s tireless performance.
They have won 10 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season – only Brighton & Hove Albion (11) and Liverpool (15) have recovered more.
And the visitors’ latest win means they remain ninth in the table and host Fulham in their next league match on Sunday.
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West Ham United
Squad number1Player nameFabianski
Squad number5Player nameCoufal
Squad number4Player nameZouma
Squad number27Player nameAguerd
Squad number33Player nameEmerson
Squad number28Player nameSoucek
Squad number7Player nameWard Prowse
Squad number19Player nameAlvarez
Squad number20Player nameBowen
Squad number14Player nameKudus
Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
Squad number8Player nameFornals
Line-ups
Tottenham
Training 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 23PorroBooked at 59mins
- 17RomeroBooked at 89mins
- 33Davies
- 38Udogie
- 8BissoumaSubstituted forGilat 84′minutes
- 5HøjbjergSubstituted forRicharlisonat 67′minutes
- 21KulusevskiBooked at 90mins
- 18Lo CelsoSubstituted forSkippat 67′minutes
- 22JohnsonSubstituted forSarrat 84′minutes
- 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forVelizat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Skipp
- 9Richarlison
- 11Gil
- 12Emerson Royal
- 20Forster
- 29Sarr
- 36Veliz
- 63Donley
- 65Dorrington
West Ham
Training 4-3-3
- 1Fabianski
- 5Coufal
- 4Zouma
- 27Aguerd
- 33EmersonBooked at 57mins
- 28Soucek
- 7Ward ProwseBooked at 80mins
- 19AlvarezBooked at 90mins
- 20Bowen
- 14KudusSubstituted forFornalsat 88′minutes
- 10Lucas Paquetá
Substitutes
- 3Cresswell
- 8Fornals
- 15Mavropanos
- 18Ings
- 21Ogbonna
- 22Benrahma
- 24Kehrer
- 45Mubama
- 49Anang
- Referee:
- Michael Salisbury
Live Text
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Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, West Ham United 2.
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Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, West Ham United 2.
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Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the center of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
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Attempt blocked. Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United).
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Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Attempt blocked. Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Gil.
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Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, West Ham United. Pablo Fornals replaces Mohammed Kudus.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Alejo Véliz replaces Son Heung-Min because of an injury.
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Attempt missed. Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the center of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
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Offside, West Ham United. Jarrod Bowen is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Nayef Aguerd (West Ham United) header from very close range is saved in the top center of the goal.
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Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Pape Matar Sarr.
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