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West Ham snatched a precious three points as they pulled off a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in the Premier League to jump to the fourth spot with 45 points.
Michail Antonio had opened the scoring for the hosts after only five minutes, when Jarrod Bowen curled a really dangerous ball in from the left. It’s left completely by Eric Dier and Japhet Tanganga let Michail Antonio run across him.
He tried to poke it in from close range, which put Hugo Lloris off. He parried the cross awkwardly and Antonio reacts straight away to tap in the rebound.
Jesse Lingard doubled his side’s lead in the 48th minute when Pablo Fornals linked up with Lingard and he raced through in the box before placing it perfectly into the bottom right corner.
Lucas Moura scored the only goal for the Spurs, when Gareth Bale’s lifted an excellent corner from the right, met by Lucas Moura, who thumped an unstoppable header in off the inside of the near post.
