Tired Hammers undone by Kane and Son

Tottenham 3 West Ham 1

Off to watch this one at the World's End with Mystic Matt and a pint of Neck Oil. Agent Nigel is at the match undercover among the Spurs fans. We're not expecting too much after the exertions of extra time on Thursday and with such a thin squad, and indeed the Hammers start poorly. 

After eight minutes Arthur Masuaku is dispossessed on the touchline, Kane drifts through three defenders and gets in a cross which Son misses but deflects in off Zouma's heel. We almost equalise immediately. Antonio capitalises on a poor back pass and uses his strength to get in a great shooting position before firing just past the post.

Kane is causing Rice and Soucek all sorts of problems by dropping deep and another fluid move sees Son strike the outside of the post. It's two when Kane finds Son with a fine pass and Son's effort flies past Fabianski after taking a slight deflection off Zouma. Cresswell hasn't helped by playing them onside at the start of the move. There's a brief interruption to play while Nigel tries to tie himself to the goalpost in protest. 

After half an hour Spurs give away a needless corner. Dawson gets his head on Cresswell's ball and the unmarked Bernrahma fires home a smart volley. Two-one and game on.

The second half sees Kane force a good save from Fabianski but then a long spell of West Ham possession with Fornals and Yarmolenko coming on for Antonio and Masuaku. Benrahma is looking confident and the Irons' best chance comes when Cresswell's cross is side-footed over by Antonio when he should hit the target.

Against that Kane misses a great chance chipping over when through. Yarmolenko can't hold the ball up and WHU never really look like getting anything out of it as Hojbjerg and Bentancur play well in midfield. In the 88th minute the Hammers concede a schoolboy goal as both centre backs go for same ball and Kane flicks on for Son to score, while Cresswell is again playing him onside.

But as Moyes says, it's been a good week overall with wins against Villa and Sevilla. What this game proves is that West Ham won't challenge for the top four without signing four of five quality players in the summer. We're now seventh and our target is returning to the top six and winning the Europa League now. At least two weeks' rest will hopefully allow Bowen to return and the players to regroup. Irons!