With a 2-0 home victory over West Ham United on Sunday. Tottenham Hotspur returned to form and moved into the top four of the Premier League. Leaving their London rivals in the bottom three.
After a forgettable first half, Emerson Royal and Son Heung-min, a substitute scored for the hosts, who increased their pace after the break.
After losing to Leicester City and losing to AC Milan in midweek’s Champions League last 16 first leg to move ahead of Newcastle United. This was an important win for the Spurs.
In his 50th Premier League game, right-back Emerson scored in the 56th minute. After being left out of the starting lineup by stand-in manager Cristian Stellini, Son.
Who has struggled with form this season, was then found by Harry Kane to double Tottenham’s advantage in the 72nd minute.
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est Ham, which is in danger of relegation, had a promising start to the derby. With Jarrod Bowen missing an early opportunity. However, they offered little.
They have won only once in their last 11 league games, putting more and more pressure on manager David Moyes.
Spurs have more points than Newcastle, who have a game in hand, with 42 from 24 games. With 20 points from 23 games, West Ham is 18th, one point below the safety zone.
In the absence of head coach Antonio Conte, who is still recovering from surgery. Stellini stated, “It was a really difficult first half because it was a game that we had players who fight a lot. We choose this type of team for this kind of game.”
He stated to Sky Sports, “In the second half we played well. Our energy was higher, and we produced many situations to score.”
After Tottenham’s back-to-back defeats with Son and Ivan Perisic benched, Stellini reshuffled the starting lineup.
Although Spurs were denied a penalty appeal when Richarlison’s pass was handled by Thilo Kehrer. His team initially struggled and the home crowd had little to cheer about.
West Ham could have capitalized on a Tottenham team that has struggled terribly for consistency if Bowen had scored early on from a good position instead of shooting wide.
The second half was much better for Spurs, but Kane and Richarlison missed chances before the hosts took the lead thanks to a fluid move.
Ben Davies was brought down the left flank by a superb pass from Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. His pass was perfectly weighted, allowing Emerson Royal to coolly fire a shot past Lukasz Fabianski.
Son scored the second goal with a right-footed shot after Kane released him from a pass that was much more familiar.
Son scored only his fifth league goal of the season, three of which came in a hat trick off the bench in a home victory over Leicester City.
Stellini stated, referring to the decision not to start the South Korean. “With the space, Son is an amazing player and we try to use him in this way.” It was a smart move.
We are pleased for Son because he has a goal. He must maintain his composure and give his best performance.
West Ham supervisor David Moyes said his side had played too leisurely after the break.
He stated, “It’s a poor defeat for us we expected to get something out of this game. But a couple of defensive lapses were the difference.” He was referring to the outcome.