Spurs and West Ham trade spectacular goals at Wembley.
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Thu 4 Jan 2018 16.56 EST
First published on Thu 4 Jan 2018 14.00 EST
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FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 West Ham United
Some slapstick nonsense in the West Ham area as Spurs take turns to have a shy at goal. Some pinball. It could go anywhere! But the Hammers hack clear, and that’s it! The visitors earn a deserved point: what a defensive performance, and what a goal by Obiang. They couldn’t complete a preposterous smash and grab, though; Son’s equally sensational strike gives Spurs a little deserved something too, reward for all that pressure and possession. West Ham rise to 15th, while Spurs are three points behind fourth-placed Liverpool. A fine end to the festive programme. Happy new year, everyone!
90 min +2: Masuaku clears a bouncing ball and nearly hoicks Lamela into the stand as well. All fair. Hard but fair.
90 min +1: There will be four added minutes. Aurier curls one into the West Ham box from a deep position on the right. Llorente misses his header at the far post, but he’d pulled Rice to the ground anyway and that’s a free kick to take the pressure off.
90 min: Noble comes sliding in on Llorente, and that one earns a booking. Plenty of pushing and shoving, but it hasn’t been a dirty game.
88 min: The resulting corner comes to nothing. Carroll is then booked for booting the ball away in the time-wasting manner. Some possible controversy in the build-up to the Son equaliser, by the way: Moyes is of the opinion that Aurier had illegally crumped Lanzini back up the pitch to win the ball and start the move. It was certainly a hearty challenge.
86 min: West Ham respond by throwing Carroll on for Lanzini. And then they go on the attack, Ayew dribbling in the Ricky Villa style into the left-hand side of the Spurs box. He goes this way and that, and suddenly he’s one on one with Lloris! But it’s a tight angle and his chip is deflected by the keeper over the bar.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 West Ham United (Son 84)
Anything Obiang can do, Son can do better. Or at least just as well. From 25 yards, with nothing much on, he unleashes a majestic riser that nestles into the top-right corner at great speed! Adrian had no chance whatsoever. What goals we’ve seen tonight!
83 min: From the corner, Vertonghen has a whack from the edge of the area. It’s deflected out for another corner, from which Wanyama miskicks dreadfully from 12 yards. No matter, though, because Spurs soon come back at West Ham and ...
82 min: Kane nearly skitters clear down the right, chasing a long ball, but Rice sticks to him well. Kane can’t make the area for a shot, so settles for a corner instead. Before the set piece can be taken, Spurs make their final change, Llorente coming on for Davies.
80 min: Son dribbles down the left but his low cross is easily snaffled at the near post by Adrian.
79 min: Lamela tries to wriggle his way through a small gap down the inside-left channel. He nearly makes it, but ends up conceding a free kick. West Ham were seriously rocking before that stunning strike, but they’re back in shape now.
77 min: A free kick for West Ham out on the right. Lanzini hoicks it long. Out on the left, Obiang curls one back towards the right-hand post. Kouyate is clear on the corner of the six-yard box! But he completely fluffs his header, sending it in the wrong direction, bouncing off apologetically to the right of goal. What a chance to make it two goals from two efforts!
75 min: A contender for song of the season, as the West Ham fans trill: “One shot, we’ve only had one shot.” Spurs have had very many, by comparison. Their latest, by Eriksen, fizzes towards the bottom left from 20 yards but it’s easily gathered by Adrian.
74 min: Spurs make a double change: Dier and Sissoko off, Lamela and Wanyama on.
72 min: West Ham quite rightly celebrated that wonder goal with some passion, though they hadn’t cleared their heads by the restart. And soon Kane was just to the right of the goal, trying to get a shot away. Five West Ham players surrounded him, an ersatz version of that famous Belgium v Maradona photo from 1982. The ball squeaks through the pack and nearly goes in at the near post. But Adrian turns it round. The corner leads to nothing.
GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 West Ham United (Obiang 70)
This is an astonishing goal! West Ham take their first serious shot in anger. And what a shot! Obiang, 30 yards out on the left, cuts inside and decides to go for it. He sends a heatseeker into the top left, and nearly takes the net off. Lloris got across, too, but such was the power he had no chance of saving that. What a goal! Fair to say that had not been coming.
68 min: Spurs are getting closer and closer. Eriksen slips the ball forward, down the middle, to release Kane. The striker traps, turns and shoots, but Zabaleta slides in to block. The ball loops up for Alli, who tries to head home but sends the ball over the bar. Adrian gives him a wee clatter. Penalty? Nope, though you’ve definitely seen those. To be fair to West Ham, though, Kane was offside when receiving Eriksen’s pass, so two wrongs kind of make a right.
66 min: Eriksen’s turn to have a dig from distance. He cuts in from the left and looks for the bottom corner. Adrian smothers.
65 min: A knackered Hernandez, last seen running through quicksand, is replaced by Ayew.
64 min: Vertonghen takes a punt from 25 yards. The ball ricochets to Kane, bursting clear into the box down the inside left. He shoots from a tight angle. Adrian blocks. The flag goes up for offside, correctly.
63 min: Son curls a ball into the West Ham area from the right. Kane goes down at the far post as he attempts to connect. Zabaleta had an arm on his back, and Kane wants a penalty kick. He’s not getting it. It would have been generous, but you’ve seen refs award them.
61 min: Spurs respond with purpose, Kane very nearly getting on the end of a Davies left-wing cross, Eriksen taking a fierce low slam from the edge of the box, Alli heading another cross harmlessly wide right.
60 min: Some Spurs sloppiness in the midfield, as though it’s all too easy to boss that part of the pitch. Suddenly Hernandez is racing clear on goal! But he’s running through treacle, and easily chased down by Sanchez. For a second there, it looked as though West Ham were going to take a very saucy lead.
58 min: Space for Alli down the right. He powers towards the byline, past Rice, and pulls a low one back for Son, near the penalty spot. Son has time to get his act together, but rather scuffs his shot through a thicket of players and the ball rolls harmlessly into Adrian’s arms. A real chance.
57 min: Son loops a pass down the left and very nearly releases Kane, but Ogbonna steps across to deal with the situation, controlling, turning and lumping clear. That’s marvellous defending, with the super-hot Kane breathing down his neck.
55 min: Alli tries to juggle the ball past Reid on the edge of the box. Reid hacks the ball away but clips Alli’s high-kicking leg. It’s a fair coming together for a ball that’s there to be won, and though the Tottenham faithful scream for a penalty as Alli falls, the player himself makes no claim. Penny for Arsene Wenger’s thoughts, huh.
54 min: West Ham are quite happy to sit back and soak it all up. Why not? It worked for them in the first half. It’ll be interesting to see if they show any more ambition should they continue to frustrate Spurs.
52 min: This is all Spurs, up to the final third. West Ham own that bit of the pitch. Kane, the best part of 40 yards from goal on the left and getting a little frustrated, tries to replicate Robbie Fowler’s goal for Liverpool against Birmingham City in the 2001 League Cup final. Top marks for ambition.
50 min: More Spurs passing, hither and yon. But West Ham still hold firm. No gaps. Eriksen tries a chip down the inside-right channel, and very nearly finds the marauding Aurier, but the ball’s intercepted gracefully by Ogbonna.
48 min: Son stepovers his way down the left wing. He gets a yard on Kouyate, but then blasts a wild cross behind the goal. An end to a long period of patient Spurs possession.
We’re back ... and they’re off again! West Ham get the ball rolling for the second half, their job only half done. It’s launched long and Lloris collects. “Martin Peters was a very good player but, ah ... dear old Jimmy was something special,” sighs Roy Everitt.
Half-time viewing, courtesy of Mike Gibbons. “As it’s Spurs and West Ham, and the transfer window is open, a quick nod to the greatest swopsie transfer deal in English football history in March 1970. Martin Peters from Upton Park to White Hart Lane, and this fella - Harry Kane to the power of ten for any kids reading - in the other direction.”
HALF TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 West Ham United
... there’s nothing. The teams trudge off. In the stands, a rendition of I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles fills the air. The away fans a lot happier than the home support.