West Ham's soft centre was woefully exposed by Spurs as Graham Potter's men unravelled yet again at home in a 3-0 defeat.
Match Report
Following a 5-1 defeat to Chelsea in their last home game, the Hammers imploded after the break in this latest London derby as Spurs scored three in a 19-minute period and Tomas Soucek was shown a straight red card.
After a competitive and even first half, Spurs took charge when Pape Mata Sarr headed home from a corner - the fifth goal Potter's side have conceded from such scenarios this season. Soucek was then given his marching orders for a high tackle which ripped the sock of Joao Palhinha, and the home side wilted.
Lucas Bergvall looped a fantastic header home to double the lead before Micky van de Ven swept home a third to heap more embarrassment on the Hammers, who had to endure some Mohamed Kudus showboating in the closing stages as their former player relished his return following his £55m move to Spurs this summer.
West Ham are now winless in seven Premier League games at the London Stadium - their worst home run since 2003.
This was a perfect response from Thomas Frank's Spurs, who had been underwhelming in their last fixture before the international break when losing 1-0 to Bournemouth.
Match Events
47' GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Tottenham (Pape Matar Sarr)
55' Red Card! Soucek Sent Off
57' GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Tottenham (Lucas Bergvall)
64' GOAL! West Ham 0-3 Tottenham (Micky van de Ven)
Line-ups
West Ham XI: Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Bowen, Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Paqueta, Kilman, Crysencio Summerville, Mads Hermansen, Mateus Fernandes, El Hadji Malick Diouf
Subs: Fabianski, Callum Wilson, Areola, Füllkrug, Igor, Andrew Irving, Freddie Potts, Soungoutou Magassa, Luis Guilherme
Tottenham XI: Palhinha, Vicario, Cristian Romero, Mohammed Kudus, Spence, Porro, Pape Sarr, Van de Ven, Xavi Simons, Tel, Bergvall
Subs: Ben Davies, Bentancur, Danso, Richarlison, Muani, Udojie, Brennan Johnson, Kinsky, Odobert
SpursWithoutKane
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everyone, please welcome Lucas Bergvall🔥🔥
always5
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The GIF is already here, my pleasure: https://www.matchgif.com/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=54154484&language=en
twikista
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Thomas Frank is obviously a good manager. No excuses of inheriting a team that is not his or that suits his style of play. While some managers are waiting to change the entire team to get results, Frank came in and is getting good results immediately!
humadcast
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Mourinho watching West ham play
Nam_So
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Bergvall. What a talented midfielder. Xavi Simons didn't get the goal but was great today. Surely he will be scoring in future. Tottenham did great job today despite being robbed off Romero goal in first half
Everblessed10
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West ham needs Harry Potter to save their season because it is evident that Graham potter is clueless about what to do next.