Zouma and West Ham made the derby against Tottenham bittersweet

Bitter London derby that happened this Tuesday Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham against him David Moyes’ West Ham at the London Stadium, as the tie (1-1) was distance to Spurs of his dream of playing in the new Champions League. He Tottenham He is 5th in the Premier table and, if he beats the ‘hammers’, he reaches 4th, the Unai Emery’s Aston Villawho visited this Wednesday the 3rd, the Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. The set of Postecoglou now 2 points behind the Birmingham team. He West Hamopponent of Bayer Leverkusen In the quarterfinals of the Europa League, he was 7th in the English championship.

The night seemed pleasant Tottenham when he took the lead at the London Stadium thanks to a goal from Brennan Johnson after receiving a pass Timo Werner in a play directed by James Maddison. That’s the 5th minute. A perfect start for Spurs in a classic against the Hammers.

But things will not be like that. In this West Ham It’s not easy to beat him and he made it clear Kurt Zouma when he tied thanks to a header, after a corner served by Jarrod Bowen in the 19th minute.

Since then, they have been fighting Ange Postecoglouwho fell victim to the force of West Ham in the aerial game. to undo that equality. But those David Moyes They also scored the second goal against an opponent who clearly lacked depth in their game.

Guglielmo Vicariogoalkeeper of Tottenhamhave to show grace to block a shot from Ward-Prowse. And indeed, despite Spurs’ dominance, the clearest chance in the second half came from West Hamto them that of Michael Antonio.

He Tottenham got stuck this Tuesday at the London Stadium and lost the chance to catch the Aston Villa. In stoppage time, Spurs’ clearest chance of the second, a volley from Destiny Udogie, but Fabianski he got the ball.