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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Rice latches onto a loose pass and feeds Ings in the box. He cuts onto his right and aims for the far corner, but Romero gets in the way to block the shot for Spurs!
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Benrahma is released into space down the left and takes on the defence looking to cross, but in slides opening goalscorer Emerson Royal to win the ball with the cleanest of slide tackles, and another Spurs break sets off.
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Benrahma's curved pass in behind finds Ings, but the striker takes a poor first touch and Forster is easily able to collect the loose ball.
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Fornals attempts to find Bowen with a diagonal ball, but it's cut out by Spurs, and Son, clearly in the mood to get stuck in, is back in defence and turns away from two before setting off on another counter-attack.
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Kulusevski again has the freedom of north London to run into down the right flank, and he takes on Aguerd before crossing, with Ogbonna forced to knock the ball behind for a corner!
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Substitution Emerson Palmieri dos Santos Pablo Fornals Malla
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Substitution Angelo Obinze Ogbonna Benjamin Anthony Johnson
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