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.
2025/2026 Premier League
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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