West Ham moved into fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 win in the London derby against Tottenham on Sunday.
A second-half strike from Michail Antonio gave the Hammers their second successive league win and condemned Tottenham to a second consecutive loss this week.
Beaten by Vitesse Arnhem in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, Tottenham once again failed to produce a cohesive display as West Ham climbed above them in the table.
Pablo Fornals’ acrobatic effort forced a fine save from Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris in the early stages at the London Stadium.
Lucas Moura was inches away from putting Tottenham ahead when he turned to fire just wide, while Son Heung-min’s penetrating run ended with a shot straight at Lukasz Fabianski.
Tomas Soucek is deadly in the air but for once the West Ham midfielder was unable to hit the target as he headed Fornals’ cross narrowly wide at the far post.
Tanguy Ndombele headed too close to Fabianski and Harry Kane was denied when the Pole pushed over his header on the stroke of half-time.
Lloris had to make a brilliant save when Fornals’ effort took a deflection off Eric Dier.
But West Ham finally made the breakthrough in the 72nd minute as Antonio evaded Kane and poked home from Aaron Cresswell’s corner, making it 10 goals in 10 games against Tottenham for the striker. (AFP)
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