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Three goals in eight second half minutes sent West Ham United to a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

The Hammers led in the first half through Mohammed Kudus but were unable to stem the tide as the home side fought back.

Kudus had the 3,000-strong Claret and Blue Army off their seats 18 minutes in when he finished from close range following outstanding work by Jarrod Bowen down the right hand side.

Tottenham levelled nine minutes before the break. James Maddison drove at the heart of the Hammers' backline and laid off to Dejan Kulusevski, who squeezed home a shot from the edge of the box.

Then, at the start of the second period Yves Bissouma rammed home from 15 yards, before a Heung-min Son shot deflected in off an unfortunate Jean-Clair Todibo.

Spurs soon added a fourth, Son firing home at the near post as the clock ticked to the hour.

West Ham United U18s 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur U18s

U18 Premier League South, Little Heath Training Ground, Saturday 19 October 2024, 11am BST

West Ham United U18s picked up their first league win of the campaign with a commanding 4-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Little Heath.

Although the visitors raced into an early lead, the young Hammers responded with four goals of their own before the interval. Airidas Golambeckis, Elisha Sowunmi and were Andre Dike all on the scoresheet to ensure the Hammers went into half-time with a healthy lead.

Despite going down to ten men late in the second half after Emeka Adiele received a second yellow card, West Ham saw out the game relatively untroubled to claim all three points on derby day.

Tottenham started the brighter of the two sides, enjoying the lion’s share of possession early on as they probed for openings in the West Ham defence. Momentum soon swung in West Ham’s favour, with Dike and Chinaza Nwosu at the heart of some fluid attacking play.

However, it was Spurs who broke the deadlock in the eleventh minute. A quick goal kick caught West Ham off guard, and Luca Williams-Barnett unleashed an audacious strike from the halfway line that sailed over the goalkeeper and into the net to give the visitors the lead.

West Ham’s response was swift and emphatic. Just four minutes later, Adiele whipped in a sublime cross from the left which was headed home by Golambeckis, netting his fourth goal of the season to level the score at 1-1.

The young Hammers continued to cause problems for the Spurs defence, and Dike, after beating three defenders, nearly set up Josh Ajala for a second, who was unable to convert.

Spurs were increasingly forced into a more direct style of play as West Ham’s quick counters proved increasingly dangerous. West Ham’s pressure paid off again in the 30th minute. Dike, who had been a constant threat, leapt high to meet a cross and powerfully headed home to make it 2-1.

Ajala came close again shortly after but was denied by another fine save from Samual Archer, before the Hammers extended their lead in the 38th minute through Sowunmi who reacted first to a rebound following another stop from Archer.

The goals kept coming as the Hammers added a fourth just two minutes later. Dike netted his second of the day, capping off a sensational first half performance for the forward, who earned his second call-up to the Young Lions’ U17s squad in as many months in October. The England age-group international nearly completed his hat-trick moments later, but his close-range effort was bravely blocked by the Spurs goalkeeper.

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 West Ham United

Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Saturday 19 October 2024, 12.30pm BST

West Ham United’s unbeaten away run in the Premier League is over after a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

The Hammers started brightly and were ahead when Mohammed Kudus scored his second successive goal that left Guglielmo Vicario with no chance on 18 minutes.

Julen Lopetegui's men, showing no fear, had chances to extend their lead before Dejan Kulusevski's thumping left foot drive nine minutes before the break had the sides on level terms at half-time.

The match was finely poised heading into the second half but a three-goal blitz saw Yves Bissouma and an own-goal from Alphonse Areola put the hosts in command before Heung-Min Son added a fourth on the hour-mark. Three goals in eight minutes and the game was effectively over, despite West Ham's previous comeback heroics at the same venue.

Lopetegui named an unchanged line-up for West Ham's return to Premier League duty for the third successive game, their longest such run in the top-flight since October 2023.

The 57th Premier League London derby between the sides began at a frantic pace in N17 amid a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium din. With heavy overnight rain lending an extra zip and sheen to the pitch, both sides probed and sought to impose their gameplan on proceedings – and both caused alarm within eleven minutes.

First of all, the ball fell kindly for Brennan Johnson who fizzed an angled shot narrowly past Areola's far post, and moments later at the other end West Ham could have been ahead, with a free-flowing move seeing Kudus force a remarkable reaction save from Vicario.

After a blistering start, Spurs went close again as the quarter-hour mark approached, with Son curling a dangerous effort just wide of the far corner after gaining a yard on his marker.

West Ham’s counter-attacking ability was a persistent hazard, however, and the deadlock was soon broken in the 18th minute. The Irons, who were attempting to make it back-to-back league wins away at Spurs for the first time since 1966, broke at speed through Jarrod Bowen on the right flank, who found Kudus in the penalty area and the Ghanaian bobbled the ball home.

The hosts responded well to falling behind and created a plethora of chances to equalise. A sweeping move saw Destiny Udogie find Johnson only for the ball to come off his shoulder and deflect just wide, before Pedro Porro's long-range effort needed a smart save from Areola.

But Tottenham’s pressure finally told nine minutes before the break when James Maddison picked up the ball, drove forward and found Kulusevski. The Swede still had plenty of work to do, cutting on to his left foot and saw his pinpoint shot tipped onto the post by Areola, but the ball bounced across his goalline, and fortuitously went in off the other post.

Spurs were ramping up the pressure as half-time approached. And with just minutes remaining of an eventful first 45 minutes, Porro came close with a half-volley that fizzed just wide.

The half-time whistle came at an opportune moment for us but, when the game resumed, Tottenham picked up where they left off, and it was not long before they turned the game on its head. Udogie got to the byline and pulled a ball back for Bissouma, who opened up his body and calmly slotted into the far corner to make it 2-1.

Things went from bad to worse when Areola's own-goal added Spurs’ third three minutes later. Son started the move in midfield, traded passes with Kulusevski, collected the return and went for goal. His effort was kept out by Areola, but deflected in off the Frenchman for an own-goal.

Tottenham had their fourth of the afternoon on the hour-mark. Pape Sarr sent Son scampering down the line and the forward raced inside, ran at Todibo and lashed into the bottom corner from ten yards.

It was one-way traffic in north London, as the Hammers almost suffered a further blow barely a minute later when Son was given time and space on the edge of the West Ham box. The striker let fly with the sweetest of strikes but saw the effort cannon back off the post, before Kudus almost pulled a goal back when his shot was blocked on the line by Udogie, with the West Ham players appealing for a penalty, but their claims were waved away.

Kulusevski, cutting in from the right, curled one narrowly wide, while Johnson had an angled drive well-saved by Areola as Spurs attempted to add a fifth. Timo Werner was next to test the reflexes of our No23 as his header back across goal was parried by the Frenchman and cleared to safety.

With frustration growing, Kudus was sent-off by referee Andy Madley after a VAR review, having been deemed to have committed violent conduct when his hand caught both Micky van de Ven and then Sarr in the face following a challenge between the Ghanaian and the Dutch defender.

It was a forgettable end to a forgettable day, and on which West Ham fans will not want to dwell on.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie (Gray 88), Bissouma (Bentancur 81), Maddison (Sarr 46), Johnson, Son © (Werner 70), Kulusevski, Solanke (Richarlison 81)

Subs not used: Forster (GK), Spence, Dragusin, Moore

Booked: Van de Ven

Goals: Kulusevski 36, Bissouma 52, Areola OG 55, Son 60

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Rodríguez (Mavropanos 70), Paquetá (Álvarez 61), Souček (Soler 61), Bowen ©, Kudus, Antonio (Summerville 61)

Subs not used: Fabiański (GK), Cresswell, Coufal, Luis Guilherme, Ings

Booked: Paquetá, Souček, Soler

Sent-off: Kudus 86

Goal: Kudus 18

Attendance: 61,381

Referee: Andy Madley

Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 West Ham United

Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Saturday 19 October 2024, 12.30pm BST

West Ham United’s unbeaten away run in the Premier League is over after a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

Mohammed Kudus’ second goal of the season left Guglielmo Vicario with no chance on 18 minutes, only for Tottenham to restore parity through Dejan Kulusevski nine minutes before the break.

But a second-half blitz saw Yves Bissouma and an own-goal from Jean-Clair Todibo put the hosts in command before Son Heung-Min added a fourth on the hour-mark. Three goals in eight minutes and the game was effectively over, despite West Ham's previous comeback heroics at the same venue.

The 57th Premier League London derby began at a frantic pace in N17 amid a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium din. With heavy overnight rain lending an extra zip and sheen to the pitch, both sides probed and sought to impose their gameplan on proceedings – and both sides caused alarm within ten minutes.

First of all, the ball fell kindly for Brennan Johnson who fizzed an angled shot narrowly past the post, and moments later at the other end West Ham could have been ahead, with a free-flowing move seeing Kudus force a remarkable reaction save from Vicario.

The blistering start continued as Spurs would go close again as the quarter-hour mark approached, with Son curling a dangerous effort just wide of the far corner after gaining a yard on his marker.

West Ham’s counter-attacking ability was a persistent hazard, however, and the deadlock was soon broken in the 18th minute. The Irons, who were attempting to make it back-to-back league wins away at Spurs for the first time since 1966, broke at speed through Jarrod Bowen on the right flank, who found Kudus in the penalty area and the Ghanaian bobbled the ball home.

The hosts responded by playing their attacking game and created a plethora of chances. A sweeping move saw Bissouma find Johnson who could only head a close-range effort wide.

But Tottenham’s pressure finally told nine minutes before the break when James Maddison picked up the ball, drove forward and found Kulusevski. The Swede still had plenty of work to do, cutting on to his left foot and saw his pinpoint shot tipped onto the post by Alphonse Areola, but the ball bounced across his goalline, and fortuitously went in off the other post.

Spurs were ramping up the pressure as half-time approached. And with just minutes remaining of an eventual first 45 minutes, Pedro Porro came close with a half-volley that fizzed just wide.

The half-time whistle came at an opportune moment for us but, when the game resumed, Tottenham picked up where they left off, and it was not long before they turned the game on its head. Destiny Udogie got to the byline and pulled a ball back for Bissouma, who opened up his body and calmly slotted into the far corner to make it 2-1.

Things went from bad to worse when Todibo’s own-goal added Spurs’ third three minutes later. Kulusevski drove forward and laid it off to Son. His effort was well saved by Areola, but ricocheted off the Frenchman and rolled over the line.

Tottenham had their fourth on the hour-mark. Pape Sarr sent Son scampering down the line and the forward raced inside, ran at Todibo and lashed into the bottom corner from ten yards.

It was one-way traffic in north London, as the Hammers almost suffered a further barely a minute later when Son was given time and space on the edge of the West Ham box. The striker let fly with the sweetest of strikes but saw the effort cannon back off the post, before Kudus almost pulled a goal back when his shot was blocked on the line by Udogie.

Kulusevski then curled one narrowly wide, and Johnson had an angled drive well-saved by Areola as Spurs attempted to add a fifth. Timo Werner was next to test the reflexes of Areola as his header back across goal was parried by the Frenchman.

With frustration growing, Kudus was sent-off by referee Andy Madley after a VAR review, having been deemed to have committed violent conduct when his hand caught both Micky van der Ven and then Sarr in the face following a challenge between the Ghanaian and the Dutch defender.

It was a forgettable end to a forgettable day, and on which West Ham fans will not want to dwell on.

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van der Ven, Udogie (Gray 88), Bissouma (Bentancur 81), Maddison (Sarr 46), Johnson, Son © (Werner 70), Kulusevski, Solanke (Richarlison 81)

Subs not used: Forster (GK), Spence, Dragusin, Moore

Booked: Van de Ven

Goals: Kulusevski 36, Bissouma 52, Todibo OG 55, Son 60

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Rodríguez (Mavropanos 70), Paquetá (Álvarez 61), Souček (Soler 61), Bowen ©, Kudus, Antonio (Summerville 61)

Subs not used: Fabiański (GK), Cresswell, Coufal, Luis Guilherme, Ings

Booked: Paquetá, Souček, Soler

Sent-off: Kudus

Goal: Kudus 18

Attendance: 61,381

Referee: Andy Madley

Three goals in eight second half minutes sent West Ham United to a 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

The Hammers led in the first half through Mohammed Kudus but were unable to stem the tide as the home side fought back.

Kudus had the 3,000-strong Claret and Blue Army off their seats 18 minutes in when he finished from close range following outstanding work by Jarrod Bowen down the right hand side.

Tottenham levelled nine minutes before the break. James Maddison drove at the heart of the Hammers' backline and laid off to Dejan Kulusevski, who squeezed home a shot from the edge of the box.

Then, at the start of the second period Yves Bissouma rammed home from 15 yards, before a Heung-min Son shot deflected in off an unfortunate Jean-Clair Todibo.

Spurs soon added a fourth, Son firing home at the near post as the clock ticked to the hour.

A half to forget for the Hammers was capped four minutes from time when Kudus was handed a red card for violent conduct.

West Ham United's players trained in the late summer sunshine at Rush Green ahead of Saturday's Premier League derby at Tottenham Hotspur.

Julen Lopetegui and his players will seek to extend their unbeaten away record in the top-flight when they travel the few miles to north London for a lunchtime kick-off which will be broadcast live in the UK by TNT Sports and across the world.

With the Club's international players returning unscathed from duty with their respective countries, the Head Coach is hoping to have a near full-strength squad to select from at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

A win on Saturday will secure not just local bragging rights, but also see the Irons rise above Spurs in the Premier League table.

View a photo gallery from training by clicking on the image above.

West Ham United Head Coach Julen Lopetegui has managed some of the highest profile clubs in world football and is well-versed when it comes to overseeing important matches between near-neighbours.

Lopetegui has managed over two decade’s worth of derbies, from the Derbi Sevillano to El Clásico, but has not muted Lopetegui’s delight about winning them in the slightest.

Saturday is another milestone moment in the Lopetegui’s derby career as West Ham and Spurs clash for the 57th time in the Premier League.

The Hammers are looking to make it two wins in a row in the showpiece in north London. There, the Spaniard will take charge of his fifth London derby in just nine Premier League matches on Saturday lunchtime and insists the entire West Ham squad and his staff are fully aware of what the fixture means to supporters.

“I know this is a big derby in London and means a lot to our fans,” Lopetegui confirmed. “We don’t need any other reason to be ready. We’re going to have over 3,000 fans at the stadium, and we will be ready to work hard and get a good result for them. Our fans are always the best for us, and this is a good thing for us.

“The extra passion in these games is always good for the environment, the fans, the players, and also us. We will try to enjoy all of this, but in the end, you have to put the focus on football, and our aim is to beat a very good team. The most important thing is to play well, defend well, and be able to be very competitive.

“It is about knowing when you have to go and tackle or not. Passion is very important in football and life for sure, but you have to balance this aggressiveness because you have to play football too and make good decisions.

“I’ve managed Sevilla versus Real Betis, who have very passionate fans, but all of these derbies have passion, and our fans are not any different. We are aware of the repercussions of these kinds of matches. The motivation in the players is always inside.”

West Ham claimed their first win of the Premier League season after thrashing newcomers Ipswich Town 4-1, and after facing another two-week hiatus from action due to the international break, focus swiftly shifted to extending our unbeaten away run.

“It was an important victory for us and all of the team,” said Lopetegui. “I think it was a very good victory for us, but it is in the past now, and the next challenge in the present is the more important thing for us, which is Tottenham. Of course we would have liked to have all the team working with us this week, but you can’t choose when the international break comes, so we have to adapt because it is the reality. This is the most important thing for us right now.

“We are in the process where we have to improve a lot of things to win more points and consolidate different things. In the same way, we are working to be more competitive and to be able to win more matches.

“We don’t make a difference between [home and away fixtures]. Saturday’s match will be different from those we have played away so far, in the same way that Ipswich was different to those at home. We put the same importance on all the matches, home or away.”

With Lopetegui’s feet firmly under the table at the Club, he shared his plans about being adaptable to the players at his disposal and finding a style that better suits their qualities.

He said: “You have your way of understanding football, and you have to adapt too. Adapt ideas to the real situation of the players, so it's to balance all of these things and to be competitive - this is the main aim that we have, the main demand we have as a coaching team.

"I always try to do this. Each one of us has our own ideas, our own way to play, and we understand the way we want to attack and defend, but in the same way we have to understand the kind of player we have to be able to balance all these things.

“I think the best thing until now has been the commitment of the players. They want to succeed, work hard, and know that if we want to achieve good things, then we have got to work hard every day.

“We always have to work as a team despite having different kinds of players. I am very happy with this commitment, and we are continuing to try and improve with and without the ball.”

Maximilian Kilman offered no excuses for West Ham United’s second half collapse at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, saying the team know the performance was not up to the levels expected of them.

The Irons had their supporters dreaming of a second successive away league win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Mohammed Kudus gave them an 18th-minute lead, only for three Tottenham goals in eight second half minutes to take the contest away from them.

After Dejan Kulusevski levelled nine minutes before half-time, a Yves Bissouma strike, Jean-Ciair Todibo’s own-goal and Heung-min Son’s finish – all between the 52nd and 60th minutes – ensured Tottenham would ultimately canter to a 4-1 victory.

That was an outcome which left Kilman deflated at full-time, as he called for an instant improvement with Manchester United due to visit London Stadium on Sunday 27 October.

“It wasn’t good enough,” an honest Kilman admitted. “There was a spell in the second half when we let the game slip.

“It was a bad spell for us. We lost concentration as a team at important moments and let them get ahead of us. Obviously it’s not good enough for the level we are and the quality we have. We need to be doing much better.

“We need to be much better than that and make sure we’re ready for the next one.”

Kilman shared the disappointment of the 3,000-strong travelling Claret and Blue Army and promised them that the hard work will continue on the training pitches as the Hammers search for a consistent level.

"We’ve got ourselves to blame," he added. "The fans come to support us every week and we need to show them better than that.

"For sure we need to get our heads down and put in a good performance next week.

"We need to compete with the best teams in the league and we have the quality to do that. We need to keep going and hopefully things will change."

Julen Lopetegui admitted his team had lost their focus and allowed Saturday’s 4-1 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur to get away from them in double-quick time.

West Ham United took the lead in north London through Mohammed Kudus’s first-time shot on 18 minutes, before being pegged back by Dejan Kulusevski’s equaliser nine minutes before half-time.

While they went in level, the warning signs were there for Lopetegui’s side, who conceded 13 corners and a succession of balls into their own six-yard box and penalty area in the opening 45 minutes.

The Irons momentarily threatened at the start of the second period, before seemingly losing their concentration and organisation and conceding three goals inside eight minutes up to the hour mark to Yves Bissouma, a Jean-Clair Todibo own-goal and Son Heung-Min.

What looked for a short time in the first half like it could result in another famous away win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium instead turned into a horror show that Lopetegui and his players, staff and West Ham supporters will want to forget in a hurry.

However, the Head Coach also knows they must learn from the mistakes made in north London if they are to produce a more positive performance and result when they host Manchester United next Sunday afternoon at London Stadium.

We're disappointed with the result.

We are very disappointed to lose the match, the three points, and for our fans too. I think it was a match where we started well and did good things. We were able to score and to have other clear chances, so it was a pity that we suffered their goal before half time, but this can happen.

But in the second half, after the second goal, we can do much better than we did to avoid these moments for sure because all our players knew what their players were going to do. We didn’t defend well. After the second goal, we had a lot of time to be competitive and to draw or even win the match, and I think the worst thing today was the eight minutes when we were not competitive.

It is something we want to improve if we want to compete in the Premier League with these teams. I think to keep the mentality in these bad moments is very important to become a better and stronger team.

Everything happened very fast.

We wanted to make the substitutions at 2-1, but everything happened very fast. It’s true that even before it went 2-1 that we were thinking about changing the players, but things in football can happen very fast, and it was a bad moment for us.

Despite not getting the substitutes on, I think we can do better with the players on the pitch. It’s about keeping the focus and the right mentality.

You've got to control frustration in these moments.

I think that Mo [Mohammed Kudus] had a good match in the first half above all. It was a pity that he didn’t stay on the pitch until the end because, despite that one moment happening, we have to avoid these kinds of moments.

It is understandable to be hurt in this moment, but the players have to control this situation because the red card is not a good thing for him, for us, or for the Club.

We're very sorry to the fans, but we will look to put it right.

I think when you’ve won or lost, you have to be disappointed because, for sure, we are very sorry to our fans, but on Monday we have to change our mentality and be ready to work hard ahead of the next challenge because I think that we have a lot of work to do in front of us.