Key occasions
Kurt Zouma, named participant of the match by Robbie Savage, speaks to TNT. “It was a really tense sport … each groups needed to win … we gave a lot … after the sport on Saturday we needed to react and I believe we did … the response was the factor we’ve to take from the sport … we’re household and thru ups and downs we stick collectively … it was a superb sport to look at, I might say … we have to play like this in all of the video games we’ve left … we have to construct up our confidence and have a superb end result on the weekend … the run-in is at all times thrilling … we nonetheless have loads to play for … hopefully we end in a superb place.”
That was an awesome sport. For an hour. Then it fully fizzled out … earlier than going completely wild deep into stoppage time, when each groups may (and can really feel they in all probability ought to) have scored on the counter. A draw’s in all probability truthful, although. Neither staff might be significantly proud of the purpose, nor significantly gutted. Spurs stay in fifth, West Ham seventh.
FULL TIME: West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
There’s nonetheless sufficient time for Son and Kulusevski to mess up a counter, and Paqueta and Antonio to over-elaborate on the counter-counter, and the whistle goes. What a breathless end!
90 min +5: What an opportunity to win the sport on the dying pt. II! Bowen chases after a ball bouncing down the inside-left channel. He wedges throughout the face of purpose, previous the out-of-position Vicario, however the cross is just too excessive for Antonio to barge into an empty internet. Wow!
90 min +4: Kulusevski’s proper wing cross is deflected by Lo Celso into the trail of Udogie, who has house to shoot from the sting of the field. Blocked! What an opportunity to win the sport on the dying!
90 min +3: Lo Celso has come on for Johnson, by the way.
90 min +2: Ward-Prowse takes, however not in a very convincing fashion. Spurs clear.
90 min +1: Emerson wins a nook down the left off Romero, who’s furious at his team-mates for falling asleep and letting the West Ham man make his run.
90 min: There might be 4 extra minutes.
89 min: The referee is busy reserving Romero for a late clip on Ward-Prowse when Bowen takes a fast free kick and romps ahead. He shoots. Vicario saves. The whistle repeatedly blasts. Kudus finally slots, however the play’s pulled again. All people knew it. No controversy right here.
88 min: The nook’s half cleared. Sarr drags a speculative shot huge left. This match was nice leisure for the primary hour, nevertheless it’s fizzled out dramatically since.
87 min: Son romps down the left and feeds Hojbjerg on the overlap. Hojbjerg crosses. Coufal chests out for a nook. Hojbjerg claims a penalty, cheekily. The referee tells him to pipe down. Only a nook, Porro to take.
86 min: Bowen has been quiet on this second half, actually as compared with the havoc he wreaked down the fitting within the first. However now he wins one other nook and takes it himself. He delivers effectively, however Soucek can’t join correctly with a header on the far stick, and it’s a purpose kick to Spurs.
84 min: Antonio makes his manner down the left however, upon reaching the byline, is barely in a position to cushion a cross into Vicario’s arms.
82 min: One other double Spurs swap. Bissouma makes manner for Hojbjerg, whereas Werner will get out of the best way 60 seconds too late, as he’s changed by Richarlison.
81 min: Porro crosses deep from the fitting. Sarr storms in from the left, hoping to go house. Werner, of all folks, heads the ball away from his orbit. Oh expensive. Then the flag goes up for offside anyway, Werner at fault for that too. Had the striker not been there in any respect, Sarr would almost definitely have put Spurs in entrance.
79 min: The London Stadium is super-subdued now. The goalfest that regarded sure to materialise after 20 minutes hasn’t occurred.
77 min: Johnson jinks his manner down the fitting however solely succeeds in floating a innocent cross into the fingers of Fabianski.
76 min: Bowen has a possibility to dribble into the Spurs field from the fitting, however hesitates, permitting Bissouma to come back over, take cost, and usher him out for a purpose kick. The air’s gone out of this sport just a little bit.
74 min: Kudus has the prospect to ship Antonio clear down the left, however as an alternative steps infield and attracts a foul from Johnson, who goes into the ebook.
73 min: Sarr crosses low from the fitting. The ball whistles down the hall of uncertainty. Coufal clears with Werner lurking. Spurs look a lot the extra seemingly facet to discover a winner.
72 min: … and Zouma eyebrows it clear.
72 min: Johnson rolls one other cross in from the fitting. Porro takes a fresh-air swipe, six yards out. Spurs come once more, and Werner’s effort is deflected out for a nook on the fitting. Porro to take.
70 min: Spurs make the primary modifications of the night. Maddison and Bentancur make manner for Kulusevski and Sarr.
69 min: Porro cuts in from the fitting and scuffs a shot goalwards. Gathered simply by Fabianski.
68 min: Porro’s right-wing cross deflects into the trail of Johnson, who controls and sends a fierce shot goalwards. Blocked. Spurs proceed to look the extra seemingly on this second half … although it’s Antonio who had the most effective alternative to attain. Soccer, eh.
66 min: Kudus does exceptionally effectively to maintain a speculative lengthy punt in play, zipping down the left flank at warp velocity … then the flag goes up for offside. All that effort for the sq. root of eff all, and needlessly expended in addition. The regulation is an ass.
64 min: Johnson goes haring up the center of the park. He goes over within the field, however solely as the results of a wonderfully timed problem by Emerson. The ball picked off his toe. Anything and that was a penalty. Spurs come once more however Son slices excessive and huge proper.
63 min: Spurs have loved 68 % of possession so far.
61 min: Bentancur is booked for a problem on Emerson. That is effervescent away properly.
60 min: An absurd passage of play! Maddison prepares to shoot from the sting of the D. He’s toppled from behind by Paqueta. Maddison desires a free kick, and doubtless ought to get one … however doesn’t. Play goes on. One huge hoof upfield, and Antonio is obvious! However Van de Ven is quick, and will get forward of the striker … solely to stumble and permit Antonio a free shot on purpose. Antonio slaps the ball straight at Vicario, and someway in spite of everything that, it’s nonetheless 1-1.
59 min: Spurs are pushing West Ham again. The hosts can’t get out of their closing third. At the very least they’re holding their form within the center for now, the guests unable to vogue a capturing likelihood from all their present territorial dominance.
57 min: Bowen and Udogie go into high-speed battle down the fitting touchline. It’s an awesome match-up, Bowen dribbling laborious, Udogie sticking to his facet. Finally Bowen lays off to Paqueta, who sends an effort off beam. That is nice enjoyable.
55 min: Bissouma lashes a shot huge proper from distance. That effort adopted some fairly triangles drawn by Johnson, Son and Maddison. Each groups proceed to push and pile ahead, simply has they’ve completed from the get-go.
