Spurs’ victory comes after they lost their last league game before the international break, 3-2, at Brighton after blowing a 2-0 lead.To allay the pain of their recent collapse against Brighton, Tottenham stormed back to defeat West Ham 4-1 on Saturday, scoring three goals in eight hectic minutes in the second half.
At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Mohammed Kudus’s opening goal against the run of play was negated by the outstanding Dejan Kulusevski, so the score was tied at the half.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Malian midfielder #08 Yves Bissouma (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP
However, early in the second half, Yves Bissouma, Alphonse Areola’s own goal, and a fourth from Son Heung-min completely turned the tide of the game against West Ham.Ange Postecoglou’s team advanced to sixth place in the table ahead of the later kickoffs with their third victory in four Premier League games, but this puts more pressure on newly appointed West Ham coach Julen Lopetegui.
Spurs’ victory comes after they lost their last league game before the international break, 3-2, at Brighton, blowing a 2-0 lead.According to Tottenham’s Australian manager Postecoglou, “the lads’ second half was outstanding — good energy, good goals, good football, probably should have created a couple more.”“That’s what you want to generate at home. The crowd played their part…. This year, there have been times when we have not capitalised, but today we did, and if we keep doing that, it will be difficult to stop.
Spurs control Early on, Spurs controlled the game, but West Ham contributed to an engaging, open match. Jarrod Bowen surged down the right and cut back to Kudus, whose stinging shot Guglielmo Vicario palmed away, giving their hosts a scare.Son, the captain of Tottenham, had a chance shortly after making space for himself, but the visitors broke the tie and made their opponents pay for failing to take the lesson to heart.
In the eighteenth minute, Kudus scored his second goal of the match after more excellent work down the right by Bowen, whose shot deflected into the path of the Ghanaian international.After Areola reacted quickly to stop a deflected Pedro Porro effort and Brennan Johnson blew a chance with his head, Spurs finally earned their equaliser in the 36th minute.
When West Ham lost possession of the ball mid-attack, James Maddison broke free to set up Kulusevski, whose shot Areola got a fingertip to but it went off the inside of both posts and over the line.The fact that Tottenham won 12 corners to West Ham’s two in the first half was an indicator of their superiority.At halftime, Postecoglou made an unexpected tactical change by substituting Pape Sarr for England midfielder Maddison, which immediately paid off.
In the fifty-second minute, Bissouma met Son’s composed cut-back after the latter played a beautiful pass with the outside of his right foot to find Destiny Udogie. Bissouma then stroked the ball home.Three minutes later, after more excellent work by Son, Areola’s own goal made it 3-1. Lopetegui was about to make a triple change, but he ran out of time.
On the hour mark, Spurs’ lead was increased by South Korean international Son, who was sent clear by Sarr and beat Jean-Clair Todibo before putting a shot past Areola.Playing his first game since late September due to a hamstring injury, Son struck the post a minute later as West Ham tried to hold on.The visitors, who have only won two of their eight Premier League games this season, had a difficult day further compounded when Kudus was sent off with a straight red card in the closing minutes following a brawl and a VAR check.
