Tottenham vs West Ham LIVE result: Premier League final score as Son goal settles London derby
Tottenham 2-0 West Ham: Spurs go fourth while the Hammers remain in the bottom three
Tottenham moved into the Premier League’s top four as they returned to form with a 2-0 home win over West Ham that left their London rivals in the bottom three on Sunday.
There was little to separate the sides in a forgettable first half but Spurs stepped up the pace after the interval with goals by Emerson Royal and substitute Son Heung-min.
It was a big win for Tottenham following defeat at Leicester City and a midweek loss away to AC Milan in the Champions League and allowed them to leapfrog Newcastle United in the table.
Right back Emerson marked his 50th Premier League game by opening the scoring in the 56th minute from a Ben Davies pass.
Son, who has struggled for form this season and was left out of the starting lineup by Spurs’ stand-in manager Cristian Stellini, then linked with Harry Kane to double the advantage.
West Ham had started the derby brightly with Jarrod Bowen wasting an early chance but offered little and have now won only once in their last 11 league games with pressure mounting on manager David Moyes.
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Only once in the last eight seasons have West Ham avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with Tottenham, doing so in 2020-21. In that campaign, they came from 3-0 down in the last 10 minutes to draw 3-3 here.
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BLOCKED!!! Kulusevski does well to keep the ball in play and crosses from the left. It's headed back at the far post by Royal, and Skipp arrives to lash a volley towards goal which is deflected over!!
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Spurs work the ball forward down the left and Richarlison finds Skipp on the edge of the box, but his clipped pass into Kane comes to nothing as the Spurs captain was already offside.
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A heavy touch from Skipp on the edge of his own box invites pressure, and Soucek presses Davies back before forcing another Hammers corner.
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West Ham win a free-kick and Palmieri floats the ball into the box. Aguerd's header into the six yard box causes trouble, and Hojbjerg is forced to put it behind for the first corner of the match.
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WIDE!!! Soucek latches onto a long throw forward and volleys the ball back to the edge of the box. Bowen meets it first-time and sends a fizzing shot goalwards, which flies just wide of Forster's left post!
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Bowen kicks off for the Hammers, and this London derby is up and running!
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