In the 9th round of the Premier League, the recently well-off West Ham United played at home to tottenham Tottenham Hotspur, the london city side, and the home team scored a goal to beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 72nd minute to advance to the fourth place in the league table.
West Ham have just beaten Everton, who are also in good shape, and are also triumphant in the Europa League. Morale was on their way, with Ben Rahama, Pablo Fornals and Jerod Bowen supporting team's all-time Premier League goalscorer Mikaire Antonio. Spurs, on the other hand, put away the sluggish Delek Ali and replaced them with Lucas Mora, Ndombele and Son Heung-min to support the single arrow Harry Kane.
In the first half, both sides had their own goals, but they were mainly crosses, but neither Mikael Antonio, Thomas Shochek nor Harry Kane could convert the attack into a goal. The Hammers took the lead after the change of sides and broke the deadlock in the 72nd minute. West Ham united opened a corner kick and Mikael Antonio scored a close-up shot in front of the ambush goal to give the team a 1-0 lead. Falling behind, Spurs moved in with Brian Hill and others in an attempt to strengthen their attack, but it was too late, and the team failed to create too many threatening shots, and finally lost by one goal, interrupting the momentum of two consecutive league wins.
This season, West Ham United continued their consistently excellent defensive performance this season, with a rather solid defence in the middle guarded by Kurt Zuma and Angelo O'Bonner, and a strong side like Harry Kane did not get much sweetness. The Hammers kicked back the cross tactic of coach Moyes in this game, and the result was also a corner kick. Defender Declan Rice also performed quite well this time, playing in front of the defense, repeatedly blocking the advances of Lucas Mora and Ndombele, like a mountain in front of the four-man defense. At present, West Ham United has temporarily scored 17 points to beat manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City in the fourth place, and it seems that under the tutelage of Moyes, the Hammers have gradually adapted to the Premier League and European two-tier battles.
As for Tottenham, they still don't have much to do on the offensive end this season, and although manager Nuno Santo wants to simplify the complexity and use cross tactics to be straightforward, he is constrained by Moyes's excellent high-altitude ball defense and has not created much of a threat. Tottenham's three attacking players in this game are only mediocre, Ndombele's stability in the game has been highly criticized, and this time the Frenchman has returned to his original form, which really makes many fans angry. In fact, the combination of Oliver Skip and Pierre Hoybel is not bad, but the contribution to the offensive end is really insufficient, and it is understandable to increase the hardness of the midfield when strong and strong, but then creativity will have problems, and this old problem is still what Nuno Santo needs to face. Spurs have lost to Chelsea, Arsenal, Crystal Palace and West Ham United in the city derby this season, and if they don't want to continue to be laughed at by the same city team, the London white army can step up.