Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Tottenham Hotspur has also lost expensive points in the Premier League. After Thursday’s disgrace in the Conference League at Vitesse (1-0), Nuno Espírito Santo’s team was unable to convert the city derby at West Ham United into a victory and even went down: 1-0. Steven Bergwijn started on the bench and was allowed to come in in the injury time of the second half.

The Spurs set up the second squad in Arnhem, but appeared in full force again in the competition, which meant that Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son, among others, appeared in the base again and Bergwijn started on the bench. Still, it took a long time before the away team created great opportunities. The most talked-about moment of the first half was an alleged foul by West Ham defender Kurt Zouma, who seemed to knock Tanguy Ndombele down in his own box. However, after a VAR check, referee Paul Tierney decided that nothing was wrong and did not award a penalty.

Kane was close by just before half time with a header, which was nicely caught by Lukasz Fabianski, but both teams went into the break with a 0-0 score. Even after tea, the audience had to wait a long time for the match to get going again. Only eighteen minutes were left on the clock when the net finally billowed for the first time and West Ham was responsible for it. Michail Antonio completed a corner from Aaron Cresswell hard and low behind Hugo Lloris in one go and made the home fans cheer.

Tottenham Hotspur was visibly shaken and Espírito Santo stepped in by bringing in Giovani Lo Celso and Bryan Gil for Ndombele and Sergio Reguilon. However, it did not help much: the home team kept things close in the back and did not allow the visitors to become dangerous anymore. The team of coach David Moyes passes his fellow townsman in the ranking and comes in fourth place with seventeen points; Tottenham drops to sixth.