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MOHAMMED KUDUS went from hero to zero on a day to forget for West Ham.

The Hammers winger was sent off against Tottenham after a wild brawl in Saturday's London derby.

Kudus was given his marching orders after pushing Micky van de Ven in the face.

It came after the pair had tussled for the ball in midfield, with West Ham trailing 4-1.

The 24-year-old caught Richarlison with a flying arm during a wild melee, sending the Spurs striker to the floor.

Pape Matar Sarr also weighed in to try and calm proceedings and appeared to be caught in the face as Kudus lost his cool.

Van de Ven was booked for his part in the altercation.

Referee Andy Madley initially gave a yellow to Kudus, before reviewing the VAR screen.

He upgraded the decision to a straight red, sending the Ghanaian for an early bath.

TNT Sports pundit Ally McCoist disagreed with the decision, which came with just minutes remaining in North London.

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McCoist said: "I'm probably old school.

"But just book him and let's get on with the game."

But pitch-side reporter Peter Crouch disagreed, saying the West Ham star "had to go."

Following the game, disappointed Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui said: "This is the kind of action we have to avoid.

"We are losing and we have to avoid this kind of behaviour."

Kudus had earlier opened the scoring at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, before a stirring comeback from the hosts.

Dejan Kulusevski levelled things up before the break to settle the crowd's nerves.

JAMES MADDISON was hooked off at half-time in a bold tactical switch by Ange Postecoglou.

Tottenham were drawing 1-1 with West Ham after the opening 45 minutes when the Spurs boss made the surprising decision.

TNT Sports claimed the move was tactical and commentator Ally McCoist said Maddison had a quiet first-half and the gaffer may have decided "enough is enough".

The substitution saw Dejan Kulusevski move higher up the pitch, with defensive midfielder Pape Sarr replacing the England star.

Maddison created five chances before the break - three more than the entire West Ham team managed - and he completed more passes than any other player.

He also got the assist for Kulusevski's goal before he was taken off.

Maddison reappeared and looked glum with his hood up as he sat on the bench.

But the sub proved to be a stroke of genius by Postecoglou as Spurs scored three in a second-half blitz.

They netted them in a rampant seven-minute span to go 4-1 up, as the match would finish.

Yves Bissoma put Tottenham ahead before Jean-Clair Todibo turned in an unfortunate own goal - although goalkeeper Alphonse Areola was later harshly credited with the blunder by the Premier League.

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Son Heung-min, on his return from injury, then grabbed the fourth.

Fans praised Postecoglou's game-changing sub, with one saying: "Full credit to the gaffer. Sarr on for Maddison has worked wonders."

Another added: "A genius substitution."

On taking off Maddison, Postecoglou explained: "West Ham asked certain questions in midfield areas. I just thought Sarr's running power would help."

As well as losing 4-1, West Ham now face the prospect of being without Mohammed Kudus for three matches.

The Hammer winger was sent off against Tottenham after a wild brawl in Saturday's London derby.

Kudus was given his marching orders after pushing Micky van de Ven in the face following a tussle for the ball in midfield.

The 24-year-old caught Richarlison with a flying arm during a wild melee, sending the Spurs striker to the floor.

Sarr also weighed in to try and calm proceedings and appeared to be caught in the face as Kudus lost his cool.

He now faces a three-match ban after his yellow card was upgraded to a straight red following a VAR check.

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Turned a corner?

A belter of a half in North London where the hosts stormed back after going behind.

Just look at that corner count for Spurs.

Leicester have forced just 16 ALL season.

From Dan King at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

If Dejan Kulusevski had not grabbed a good equaliser, things could have turned toxic in Tottenham.

The Swede was very much his home team's man of the half and they deserve at least to be level on the balance of play.

But their fans were already showing signs of frustration and if Kudus had finished both his chances, not just one, then there would have been some boos at the break.

And if you or any friends in Brazil had a flutter on Lucas Paqueta to get a 43rd-minute yellow card, congratulations.

HALF-TIME! Tottenham 1-1 West Ham

Almost a magical goal right before the break by Pedro Porro.

Think Paolo Di Canio against Wimbledon all those years ago, a front bicycle-kick volley.

Porro's outrageous effort flashes just over the bar, the final chance of a brilliant first 45 minutes.

Shot shy

Brennan Johnson is getting in all the right areas, he just can't get the ball over the line.

The Welsh star is looking to break a record set by Harry Kane today by netting in seven straight games.

Plenty of time left.

Spurs deserve their equaliser after a fine response to going behind.

Kulusevski cuts in from the right, lashing a left-footed effort towards the bottom corner.

Areola gets a strong hand on it, tipping the ball onto the post.

But it runs back along the line, hitting the other post and nestling in the net. Game on.

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But he really should equalise, missing a header from six yards out which is blocked behind for a corner.

Speaking of which, it's been one for the corner counters so far.

We've had ELEVEN in just half an hour. Proper Pulis ball.

From Dan King at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

The West Ham fans were revolting before kick-off, but they're happy now.

Supporters of both sides were united in releasing black balloons to protest against their clubs withdrawing or reducing concessionary prices on season tickets.

Hammers fans put more heart into it, though. And their goal was coming.

Bowen has been a threat down the right and his deflected cross was the second time he had teed up Mohammed Kudus.

This time the Ghanaian beat Guglielmo Vicario. The away corner is now taunting the Tottenham boxes above.

Latest score - Tottenham 0-1 West Ham

"I'm going to be so bold and say we haven't seen the last of the scoring," declares Darren Fletcher on TNT.

Well, that's cursed it.

It's a defensive mess from Spurs.

Strong work from Bowen on the right, who muscles in a cross when he should be closed down.

Who is marking Kudus? Nobody, that's who.

The Ghanaian lashes a first-time scuffed shot into the top corner. Ange shakes his head on the sideline.

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We almost have our first goal of the day in a madcap few minutes in North London.

Brennan Johnson almost makes it seven goals in seven games with a wicked volley at the far post, flashing it wide.

Back up the other end, Mohammed Kudus is denied by a fantastic reflex save from Vocario.

"It's really open, it's great to see," declares Ally McCoist on TNT comms. That man just loves the carnage.

Bright and early

Away from the London derby for a moment, Erik ten Hag arrived at Old Trafford earlier than expected this morning.

The under-fire Red Devils boss rocked up to the Theatre of Dreams around 10.30am, more than 4 hours before kick-off.

'Just in to empty out his desk," writes one fan on X. Ooof, you lot are mean.

Clear your lines

"What is he doing?" gasps Ally McCoist as Areola in the Hammers goal smashes an awkward clearance into Row Z.

Proper football, that. No nonsense. Almost a shock to see a keeper willing to put one into a car park instead of trying a Cruyff turn.

All Spurs in the early exchanges, still goalless.

KICK-OFF! Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

A shrill blast on the whistle from Andy Madley as a huge roar greets the player from the terraces. It's good to be back.

Weekend starts here

Finally, we have club football back in all its glory.

If you're just joining us, a quick reminder of how things are going down today in the top flight.

Look at that schedule. Will someone please think of the blog writers?! Could get fun later on.

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Final countdown

The early kick-off almost upon us.

A TNT Sports trio of Tottenham legend Les Ferdinand, Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle and ex-Tottenham player Peter Crouch seem confident of a Spurs win.

Hammer time

Whisper it, but a result today could set West Ham fair for a push up the table.

They have Man Utd next up at home, who let's face it, are a threat to nobody at the moment.

After that, a tough trip to Forest before a home tie with Everton.

Angry Ange

A candid interview from Ange Postecoglu, who reveals how he dealt with that calamitous loss to Brighton.

He told TNT: "It's the worst feeling.

"You kind of pray that you [go into the international break] on a good note.

"You've got to sit on it for ten days. So I took it out on the family and kids."

Beck and call

TNT's Becky Ives probably thought she was getting an easy assignment on her first day back.

Minutes into the coverage and they've already had her leap off the roof of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Prem football is back.

Mind games

Hammers boss Lopetegui was keen not to talk this up as a feisty derby pre-match, insisting: "I know about this derby but we have to put the focus on the football."

Fair enough. But Ange has other ideas.

In a rallying call, the Spurs chief said: " I was made very aware of it last year [how important the game is].

"I know what it means. An important game."

Derby days

West Ham are unbeaten on the road so far in the Prem this season.

Not that they've had to get out of Zone 4. Those Oyster cards have been busy.

The Hammers have made short trips across London to Fulham, Crystal Palace and Brentford.

On their last visit to Tottenham, goals from Bowen and Ward-Prowse sealed a 2-1 win, their first at Spurs since 2019.

West Ham team news

Nice and easy this one.

Julen Lopetegui opts for the same XI that gave Ipswich a thrashing before the international break.

Summerville, Ings and Coufal all have to watch on from the bench.

So Spurrsy

Not to take things down a negative path, but this is a great stat.

We all tease Spurs about being Spurrsy - and nothing was more Spurrsy than that 3-2 loss to Brighton last time out.

Cruising at 2-0 up, it looked like a sixth-straight win. Until it didn't.

Here's the kicker - Spurs are now the first Premier League team in history to lose 10 games after leading by at least two goals.

See, told you. Spurrsy.

Spurs team news

The headline stuff first - Son Heung-min is back for Spurs.

It's the South Korean's first start since the Europa League win over Qarabag on September 26.

Brennan Johnson features, in the middle of a spell where everything he hits seems to go in.

Oh, and Maddison and his hat also make the cut.

Magnificent seven

So many storylines set to play out today across the country.

All eyes will be on Old Trafford at 3pm, as Erik ten Hag tries once again to hold onto his job against early-goal specialists Brentford.

More on that later. For now, here's how things will pan out with the early team news from North London imminent.

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DARREN ANDERTON can think of nobody who is more fitting to steal his assist record for Spurs than selfless skipper Son Heung-min.

Former England midfielder Anderton tops Tottenham’s charts in the Premier League with a whopping 68.

But South Korean icon Son is creeping up behind on 64 and will surely surpass him at some point this term.

Son will target getting even closer to Anderton’s record at home to West Ham.

And Anderton, 52, told SunSport in association with freebets.com: “If anyone is going to break that record, I’m very happy it’s going to be Son because he’s a team player.

“I always considered myself to be that, and always put the team first.

“I’d get as much joy at creating opportunities and setting up goals as I did from scoring myself.”

Assists — providing the final ball to the player who scores the goal — were not as revered in Anderton’s 1990s heyday.

But the growing influence of stats-obsessed American sports and the rise of fantasy football have seen the goal-maker take almost as much credit as the goal-taker.

Put it this way: Anderton would be hailed far more for his playmaking ability if he were playing today rather than 30 years ago.

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Many of Anderton’s assists saw him tee up old mucker Teddy Sheringham.

In fact, their epic 27-goal combinations make the pair the fifth-most prolific duo in Premier League history.

Son is top of that particular list owing to his fruitful partnership with Harry Kane.

They hit a staggering 47-goal combinations before Kane was sold to Bayern Munich two summers ago.

California-based Anderton added: “We live in America now and all the sports over here are about the assists and the stats and everything.

“So I’ve always been aware of it. My American friends always used to say that it’s scandalous no one ever speaks about assists!

“Now they do, so that’s good, and I think they should. It’s a huge part of the game and it’s what happens in the final third that wins games.

“Your team can have all the possession in the world but it’s that final ball which is so, so important.

“I’m very proud of the record. It’s something that I was always aware of.

“When I first got in at Spurs I struggled, but then things really took off for me and my relationship with Teddy in terms of assists and scoring goals.

“When Harry and Sonny had their assist-goal relationship, I saw myself and Teddy’s names up in the top five Premier League goal-assist partnerships.

“Someone sent me something the other day about my record on social media when Son had two assists and I was like, ‘Oh, OK’.

“We were having dinner and I showed my daughter and wife and we were having a bit of a giggle about it.”

Son has missed Spurs’ last three games due to a hamstring issue picked up in the 3-0 home win over Qarabag in the Europa League group stages last month.

However, the South Korean expects to return to action today in the early kick-off.

The attacker, 32, is one of Spurs’ greatest modern-day players and is 21st in the all-time list of Premier League goalscorers on 122.

But he has only scored in one match this season — the 4-0 win over Everton on August 24 — and has not netted in his last five club appearances.

Anderton added: “He hasn’t played as well as he would like and against Manchester United, he wasn’t missed — that performance was incredible.

“But that’s all part of getting to that sort of age and things start to change. I left Spurs at 32, I thought I had a few more years in me, but that’s all part of the game that we all play.

“But everyone in football knows how good he is.

“He’s the perfect football player. He works his socks off, he creates opportunities, he scores goals.

“He has always produced and has been an unbelievable player for the club.”

But if Spurs are to beat their London neighbours today, Anderton believes the performance of £40million midfielder James Maddison will be key.

The playmaker has struggled for large parts of this year as he battles back to peak fitness after damaging ankle ligaments in November 2023.

But he has been in red-hot form in recent weeks, yet was overlooked again by England this month.

Anderton felt the 27-year-old deserved a recall and believes the North Londoners are at their best when Maddison is on top of his game.

Euro 96 star Anderton, who won 30 caps for his country, added: “When he plays well, we play well.

“He has that X Factor that when teams sit deep because we do dominate, you need that bit of magic to create things.

“Christian Eriksen used to do it and James Maddison is in that mould.

“After he had that injury last season, our form was never the same. He’s that important to the team.”

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Premier League football returns following the international break, and we kick-start with two sides with something to prove.

Tottenham will be desperate to demonstrate that their 3-2 collapse against Brighton was a one-off blip.

While Julen Lopetegui's West Ham United need to prove they can build on that 4-1 thrashing of Ipswich Town at the London Stadium.

It's been an inauspicious start to the 2024-25 campaign for Spurs, despite manager Ange Postecoglou declaring that he "always" wins things in his second year.

Tottenham sit ninth in the division with three wins, three defeats and a draw from their opening seven fixtures.

There's no doubt they've been entertaining though.

Only three sides (Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal) can better their 14 goals scored, while NOBODY has had more attempts inside the penalty area (88) or a higher xG (15.03).

Julen Lopetegui has taken a fair bit of flak during his start at the London Stadium, although West Ham's record is quite similar to that of their London rivals.

The Hammers are 12th with eight points from their first seven matches, although their points tally at this stage is the lowest they've accumulated over the past five seasons.

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CHELSEA have been handed a never-before-seen kick-off time for an upcoming London derby.

The Blues have had SEVEN matches moved in December and January due to the latest round of TV selections.

Fixtures over the festive period have now been chosen for live broadcast across Sky Sports, TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video.

Amongst them is Chelsea's home match against Brentford at Stamford Bridge.

The match will now take place at 7pm on Sunday, December 15 due to Chelsea's Conference League commitments on the previous Thursday.

Enzo Maresca's side travel to Kazakhstan to face Astana just three days earlier on December 12.

Chelsea fans are less than pleased by the unique kick-off time on a Sunday night.

Reacting on social media, one supporter wrote: "Brentford at home on a Sunday at 7pm is the most utterly woke nonsense I’ve seen."

Another fumed: "7pm on a Sunday lol f*** off."

To add to the frustrations of the Blues fans, the visit of the Bees will not be shown on TV.

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Instead, TNT Sports will broadcast Southampton vs Tottenham at the same time.

Spurs are also in European action on December 12 as they visit Rangers in the Europa League.

Their fans are equally unimpressed with the fixture change as they face an evening trip to the south coast.

Following the announcement, one fan commented: "I will not be there!"

Meanwhile, another added: "Since when was a 7pm kick off on a Sunday a thing…"

Elsewhere, Arsenal have had eight fixtures moved, including their home clash with Manchester United.

The match will now take place at the Emirates Stadium on December 3 at 7.45pm.

Ipswich's Boxing Day visit to North London has also been pushed back to December 27 at 8.15pm live on Amazon Prime Video.

EDDIE HOWE will shoot to the top of Tottenham’s managerial hit-list if Amanda Staveley and her money men invest in the North Londoners.

The Newcastle gaffer is also strongly fancied within the FA as they look to find a permanent successor to Gareth Southgate.

But Wembley chiefs are unwilling to pay compensation and Howe’s long-term contract — believed to run to 2027 — would involve a huge compensation bill.

Former Toon co-owner Staveley and her mega-rich backers are keen to take a stake in Spurs and she is a massive fan of former Bournemouth boss Howe.

He would top her wish list if things do not improve for Ange Postecoglou after a stuttering start to life in N17.

The projected buy-in by Staveley and Co is taking some time to happen and that project still appears weeks from completion.

But Howe could be a wanted man by both club and country.

England technical director John McDermott is keen on Howe for the national post because of his playing style and experience.

Howe, 46, is thought to consider himself too young for that job, especially as he still enjoys club football so much.

He would also cost a fortune to appoint with salary demands and Toon compensation to work against him in the FA’s equation.

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But with the FA yet to commit to Lee Carsley on a permanent basis that door will remain open for him.

Newcastle are seventh in the early Premier League table.

Last time out they drew 0-0 with Everton at Goodison Park.

Tottenham, meanwhile, are ninth under Ange Postecoglou.

They were beaten 3-2 by Brighton prior to the international break, having gone into the match on the South Coast on a five-game winning streak.

SON HEUNG-MIN's father has been fined over child abuse and issued a grovelling apology in court.

Woong-jung Son and his brother Heung-yun Son were sentenced on Friday in a South Korean court.

The pair were fined three million won which is the equivalent of £1,700.

They were both charged for having insulted and hit young players in the football academy run by Woong-jun Son.

As well as being fined, the two, along with another coach, will have to undertake 40 hours of anti-child abuse training.

The defendants have a week to appeal the decision.

After the sentencing, Woong-jung Son apologised to the court.

He insisted that the coaching staff at his academy have "never spoke or acted in a way that was not based on love for children".

Woong-jung Son is a best-selling author for his book about training his son, Son Heung-Min, to become one of the best in the world.

Meanwhile, the Tottenham star is currently in the treatment room for a hamstring injury.

The forward picked up the knock while playing for the North London outfit in the Europa League clash against Qarabag.

So far this season, Son has featured in seven matches in all competitions for Spurs, scoring twice.

He has been outshone at the club by the sparkling recent form of Brennan Johnson.

The Welsh winger has started to justify his £50million price tag that the club paid to prize him away from Nottingham Forest in 2023.

Johnson has scored six goals in 10 appearances this campaign, including goals in his last three Premier League games.