The Tottenham suffered their second consecutive defeat, this time after falling 2-1 at the home of West Ham, in a match corresponding to Day 25 of the Premier League, in a duel where the Welsh forward Gareth Bale He gave one of his best performances since returning to the Spurs, but even then he could not prevent the downfall of his team.
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The squad led by the Portuguese Jose Mourinho thus lagged behind in seeking to be in one of the stalls that give a ticket to the Champions League.
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The former striker Real Madrid gave an assistance to Lucas Moura and he brushed against one of the season’s goals by crashing a volley from outside the area off the crossbar.
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Mourinho’s team, after winning comfortably in the Europa League, surely deserved more on his visit to west London, but on practically his only two attacks, the West Ham went 2-0.
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Antonio overtook those of David Moyes after five minutes when he finished off a cross from Soucek, picked up his own rebound from Lloris and pushed into an empty goal, while Lingard made the second right after the break. The linesman canceled it for offside, but the VAR rectified it.
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With the score very against and with Bale, left the bench at half-time by an Erik Lamela who was being the best, Tottenham began to generate danger in the West Ham goal. Moura closed the gap, finishing off a corner kick from Bale at the near post and there the gunpowder was watered down for Tottenham.
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Harry Kane, with several shots, Heung-min Son, with an attempt that went to the post in the discount, and Bale, with a shot from the front of the first that crashed violently in the crossbar, touched the goal, but were not able to make the 2-2 that would have caused the Spurs not to go empty for the second consecutive day after losing last week against the Manchester City.
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Mou’s Tottenham remains ninth, with 36 points, nine behind Champions League, in which West Ham is already, which is fourth with 45 units.
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Everton beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time in the century
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