Tottenham 3 West Ham 2
Another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. At least I
didn’t have to watch this live as Her Indoors had booked us tickets for Giselle at Sadler’s Wells — though I was hoping
for some working class ballet at White Hart Lane.
Adrian’s dropped and Sakho plays up front with Ayew. Seems
like West Ham play pretty well for most of the game, taking the lead through Antonio
who reacts well to head in after Kouyate’s header hits the bar and Reid crosses
back in to the box. Randolph makes a decent save from Janssen only to deflect
the ball into the path of Winks for a second-half Spurs equaliser. But it looks
like West Ham have won the game after the ref gives a penalty for pulling by
Janssen on Reid and Lanzini calmly slots home.
A key moment in the game is when sub Zaza shows good skill
to beat his man on the counter attack but then delays too long in passing to
the unmarked Payet. It’s still 2-1 with a minute to go, but the introduction of
Son for Spurs changes the game. The winger beats Antonio and crosses,
with Randolph palming the ball out to Kane who can’t miss. Now is the time to
respect the point. But two minutes later Son gets through on the left again and
sub Nordtveit foolishly goes to ground to make a tackle and his trailing leg
catches the Spurs man, who makes the most of it and persuades the ref to point
to the spot. Kane converts as expected.
There’s still time for the outstanding Winston Reid to get
sent off for two silly bookable offences, though at least he’s showing passion.
A sickening result and we’re now really in a relegation struggle, even if there
was some promise in the overall performance. I'm now tempted to give up football
for ballet as at least you sometimes get to see a tutu.
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