Tottenham vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Son and Kane combine to seal win
Tottenham 3-1 West Ham: Son Heung-min and Harry Kane continued their sublime partnership as Spurs claimed a big three points in what was a crucial match in the race for next season’s Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur boosted their Champions League qualification hopes thanks to a 3-1 win over top-four rivals West Ham United in the Premier League.
A Kurt Zouma own goal gave Spurs the lead after nine minutes and the hosts doubled their lead when Son Heung-min combined with Harry Kane midway through the first half.
West Ham pulled one back through Said Benrahma but could not find the energy to produce a comeback following Thursday’s extra-time win over Sevilla in the Europa League.
And the win was sealed as Son raced clear to score his second and move Spurs ahead of Manchester United into fifth, three points behind Arsenal.
The result also means Spurs have won back-to-back games in the Premier League for the first time since December as Antonio Conte’s side backed up Wednesday’s win at Brighton.
Tottenham 3 - 1 West Ham
90 mins: Five minutes of added time to play. Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min are taken off by Antonio Conte with Steven Bergwijn and Lucas Moura coming on for Tottenham.
GOAL! Tottenham 3 - 1 West Ham (Son, 88’)⚽️
88 mins: Game over! A simple long ball from Hugo Lloris comes up the pitch to Harry Kane. He heads the ball on and plays in Son Heung-min who keeps himself onside. Son drives the ball into the box and coolly sends the ball underneath Lukasz Fabianski to give Spurs all three points.
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
87 mins: A West Ham corner causes problems for Tottenham as first Benrahma then Dawson keep the attack alive by knocking it back into the middle of the box. Hugo Lloris comes out to grab the ball but drops it. Luckily there are no West Ham players close to him and he manages to jump on top of it and end the attack.
Sergio Reguilon is replaced by Emerson Royal for Tottenham.
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
84 mins: David Moyes has one last roll of the dice and brings on Nikola Vlasic in place of Manuel Lanzini. Can West Ham rescue a point against Spurs in the final five minutes or so?
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
81 mins: Spurs are stepping it up as the game heads into the last 10 minutes. Reguilon crosses one in from the left side and the ball is nodded down to Son. He shoots from inside the box but Dawson blocks the effort and the ball rolls out to Bentancur. Bentancur lets fly from range but smokes it over the crossbar!
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
78 mins: It’s good game management from Tottenham. They’ve kept possession well and haven’t allowed West Ham to press them too intensely. They’ve also picked their moments to have a go at goal.
This is one of them. Hojbjerg dinks a nice pass over the top and gets it to Kane in the box. He’s onside, though it’s a close call, and lets the ball bounce before lifting it over the goalkeeper and over the goal!
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
75 mins: Chance! Sergio Reguilon seems to be the most forward thinking Tottenham player at the minute. He flies down the left side and gets into the box as Dejan Kulusevski gives him the ball. He’s travelling so quickly though that he can’t control the ball and takes his shot off-balance managing to knock it softly into the arms of Lukasz Fabianski.
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
72 mins: Tottenham are trying to take the sting out of the game by keeping possession and picking their moments to attack. West Ham are working hard off the ball to get it back.
Son loses it to Rice in the middle of the pitch but Benrahma’s cross into the Spurs box from the right is easily headed clear by Doherty
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
69 mins: Tottenham are forced all the way back to their own penalty box as they look to keep hold of the ball. Ben Davies fires it long and Craig Dawson leaps above Harry Kane to win possession back for the Hammers.
Tottenham 2 - 1 West Ham
66 mins: Chance! Patient play from Spurs sees them string together a bunch of passes and push up the middle of the pitch. Doherty drifts into space on the right wing and receives the ball from Son. He curls a nice cross to the back post where Reguilon has the jump on Johnson. The Tottenham left-back wins the header but can’t guide his effort at goal and sends it wide.
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