Edson Álvarez’s West Ham comes back against Tottenham

Tottenham are in trouble. After a brilliant start to the season, it is in free fall. Three consecutive defeats at home, five games without a win… and outside the ‘Champions zone’ when until not long ago they led the Premier League. On this occasion, they lost against West Ham (1-2) when they were winning 1-0 and were having a good game. Bowen and Ward-Prowse came back from ‘Cuti’ Romero’s initial goal.

Postecoglou’s Tottenham is having a hard time surviving the last month of the competition and West Ham is grasping at any opportunity to turn it into gold. Two ingredients that came together to give us a very interesting London derby. And the Spurs, the locals, were clearly superior… but they didn’t have an easy game at all.

And ‘Cuti’ Romero played an imperial game. He scored 1-0 after a corner kick and played a huge defensive game. But, despite the fact that Tottenham had the ball and were looking for the second, with a timid and not very aggressive West Ham, the tie came.

When they don’t look for it, that’s when the hammers can score the most. And she did it…with some fortune. A long shot hits a defender, he is dead and falls at Bowen’s feet. This one doesn’t fail. He made it 1-1 against a Vicario who could do nothing. The game opened again and we had a final 30 minutes of vertigo left.

The Australian coach moved the bench with the entries of Skipp and Richarlison. It didn’t take long for the Brazilian to have a very clear chance to make it 2-1. It was brushing against the stick. He has no luck in front of goal in the Spurs shirt. It was a siege with Pedro Porro almost as a winger. The former Valladolid player forced the veteran Fabianski to make a save at the near post.

But, once again, West Ham showed that they are the team that needs the least to get more. Error between Italians (Udogie and Vicario), and goal by Ward-Prowse. With a dose of fortune because the initial shot hit the post and the rebound fell at his own foot. It was 1-2.

However, there was hardly any reaction. West Ham’s second goal hurt Tottenham a lot… and they barely created any clear chances on Fabianski’s goal. The ‘hammers’ made defending into an art. Three very valuable points that place them ninth… only three behind a Tottenham in free fall!