Tottenham roared again from behind to beat West Ham 4-1 on Saturday, overrunning their London rivals within the second half to ease the ache of their current collapse in opposition to Brighton.
A 3rd win in 4 Premier League video games lifted Ange Postecoglou’s males to sixth within the desk forward of the later kick-offs however heaps the strain on new West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui.
Victory for Spurs comes after they blew a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 defeat at Brighton of their remaining league sport earlier than the worldwide break.
The groups had been stage at half-time on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Mohammed Kudus’s opener in opposition to the run of play was cancelled out by the spectacular Dejan Kulusevski.
However the match modified complexion in a frantic spell early within the second half when Yves Bissouma, an personal purpose from Alphonse Areola and a fourth from Son Heung-min took the sport away from West Ham.
Tottenham had been in command of the match early on and in-form Brennan Johnson flashed a shot narrowly large on six minutes.
However West Ham performed their half in an absorbingly open contest, giving their hosts a scare when Jarrod Bowen surged down the correct and reduce to Kudus, whose stinging shot was palmed away by Guglielmo Vicario.
Tottenham captain Son went shut shortly afterwards after creating area for himself however it was the guests who broke the impasse, making their opponents pay for not studying their classes.
Kudus discovered the online for the second successive sport within the 18th minute following extra good work down the correct by Bowen, whose shot deflected into the trail of the Ghana worldwide.
Johnson ought to have equalised shortly earlier than the half-hour mark however he mistimed his header from shut vary, with the ball coming off his shoulder.
As Tottenham continued to press, Pedro Porro unleashed a shot from vary, which took a depraved deflection however West Ham goalkeeper Areola reacted sharply to maintain it out.
However Spurs bought the equaliser they deserved about 10 minutes from half time.
West Ham misplaced the ball whereas on the assault and James Maddison surged ahead to feed Kulusevski, whose shot got here off the goalkeeper’s hand and the within of each posts.
A measure of Tottenham’s dominance throughout the first half was that they gained 12 corners to 2 for West Ham.
Postecoglou changed Maddison with Pape Sarr at half-time in a tactical change and Tottenham had been shortly in cost.
Son performed a stunning move with the skin of his proper foot to search out Future Udogie, whose calm cut-back was met by Bissouma, who stroked the ball dwelling within the 52nd minute.
Lopetegui ready to make a triple change however didn’t have time earlier than an personal purpose from Areola following a mix-up within the penalty space made the rating 3-1 three minutes later.
South Korean worldwide Son prolonged Tottenham’s lead when Sarr despatched him clear and he beat the defender earlier than squeezing his shot previous Areola.
Kudus was proven a straight purple within the remaining minutes after a VAR verify following a melee, compounding a foul day for the guests, who’ve simply two wins from eight Premier League matches this season.
AFP