Match ends, West Ham United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
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West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs held and miss chance to go fourth
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Tottenham missed the chance to move into the Premier League top four after being held by West Ham at a rain-soaked London Stadium.
Brennan Johnson’s tap-in put them ahead after five minutes, but they were pegged back when Kurt Zouma headed home from a corner.
Spurs were left frustrated in a game where both sides showed endeavour but lacked a cutting edge.
It meant Ange Postecoglou’s side remain two points off Aston Villa in fourth.
West Ham, meanwhile, stay seventh as both Newcastle and Wolves failed to win and overhaul David Moyes’ side in the Europa Conference League qualification place.
Tottenham led when Johnson – brought in as one of three changes to the Spurs starting line-up from Saturday’s win over Luton – turned in from close range after Timo Werner was allowed space to get in behind the left side of West Ham’s defence to fire in a low cross.
But West Ham responded well, and their tactics of swinging in corners to put Spurs goalkeeper Gigi Vicario under pressure worked when Jarrod Bowen’s set-piece was nodded in from five yards by Zouma.
The hosts came closest to finding a winner after the break, but Michail Antonio shot straight at Vicario after the Jamaican international had overpowered Micky van de Ven to get one-on-one with the keeper.
Vicario impresses but set-piece struggles continue
With the promise of fourth place on offer, Spurs came out of the traps quicker than in recent games. Their fifth-minute opener came after their previous 12 league goals were all scored in the second halves of matches, a run dating back to 3 February.
But an old weakness reared its head again as they conceded from a corner dropped on top of Vicario, who had twice punched unconvincingly at earlier set-pieces.
The Italian has largely impressed following his move from Empoli last summer and made more crucial saves here – flying to his left for a two-handed stop from a James Ward-Prowse first-half free-kick and then denying Antonio twice after the break.
But corners remain a weakness which he and Spurs must address.
At the other end, the visitors struggled to put together many coherent attacks after conceding, with only three shots on target following Johnson’s strike.
Destiny Udogie spurned the clearest chance in second-half stoppage time, volleying straight at Lukasz Fabianski.
Spurs never looked likely to achieve the two-goal margin of victory they needed to overhaul Villa, who face Manchester City on Wednesday at Etihad Stadium.
More to follow.
Line-ups
West Ham
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Fabianski
- 5Coufal
- 15Mavropanos
- 4Zouma
- 33Emerson
- 20Bowen
- 10Lucas Paquetá
- 28Soucek
- 7Ward-Prowse
- 14Kudus
- 9AntonioBooked at 53mins
Substitutes
- 2Johnson
- 3Cresswell
- 11Phillips
- 17Cornet
- 18Ings
- 21Ogbonna
- 40Earthy
- 45Mubama
- 49Anang
Tottenham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Vicario
- 23Porro
- 17RomeroBooked at 89mins
- 37van de VenBooked at 44mins
- 38Udogie
- 8BissoumaSubstituted forHøjbjergat 82′minutes
- 30BentancurBooked at 61minsSubstituted forSarrat 70′minutes
- 22JohnsonBooked at 74minsSubstituted forLo Celsoat 90′minutes
- 10MaddisonSubstituted forKulusevskiat 70′minutes
- 16WernerSubstituted forRicharlisonat 82′minutes
- 7Son Heung-min
Substitutes
- 5Højbjerg
- 6Dragusin
- 9Richarlison
- 12Emerson Royal
- 18Lo Celso
- 21Kulusevski
- 29Sarr
- 33Davies
- 40Austin
Live Text
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Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
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Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
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Attempt saved. Destiny Udogie (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
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Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Cristian Romero.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Brennan Johnson because of an injury.
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Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur).
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James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by VladimÃr Coufal.
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Attempt missed. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Micky van de Ven.
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Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
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Foul by Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Richarlison replaces Timo Werner.
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Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg replaces Yves Bissouma.
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Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Squad number1Player nameFabianski
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Squad number5Player nameCoufal
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Squad number15Player nameMavropanos
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Squad number4Player nameZouma
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Squad number33Player nameEmerson
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Squad number20Player nameBowen
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Squad number10Player nameLucas Paquetá
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US Open women’s final 2024: Aryna Sabalenka holds off Jessica Pegula to win third Grand Slam title
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After losing to Gauff in last year’s final, a tearful Sabalenka admitted she had struggled to deal with the crowd, later saying the noise was so loud it “blocked my ears”.
The atmosphere was no different this time around, with Pegula receiving the majority of the support from the packed 23,000-seater stadium.
There were times when Sabalenka looked like the occasion would again get the better of her as she hit 34 unforced errors and five double faults.
Once the type of player who failed to keep her emotions in check, she has taken active steps to strengthen her mentality, including working with a psychologist, to become one of the most consistent competitors on the WTA Tour.
With injuries disrupting her season – she struggled with a stomach problem at the French Open before a shoulder issue ruled her out of Wimbledon – Sabalenka has got back on track with successive titles after beating Pegula in the final of last month’s Cincinnati Open.
“I wish she would have at least let me get one set. We had a tough match in Cincinnati a few weeks ago and she’s one of the best in the world,” Pegula said.
“She’s super powerful and isn’t going to give you anything, she can take the racquet out of your hand.”
Sabalenka’s victory in New York sees her become the first player to win both hard-court Slams in the same year since Angelique Kerber in 2016.
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Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: What BBC Radio 5 Live saw in Lee Carsley’s first game
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Ian Dennis
Even before we had gone live on air for 5 Live, it was noticeable how involved Lee Carsley was with the warm-up.
The interim head coach even placed the red and white cones out in the England half of the field.
He was waiting on the pitch as a solitary figure before the players came out to warm up.
Carsley was actively involved along with his assistants Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott. It’s a significant change in approach to that of Gareth Southgate or previous managers.
I even remember Fabio Capello, when he was England head coach, watching intently from the sidelines along with his assistant Franco Baldini – but they would study and monitor the opposition.
Carsley was purely focused on his England players and looked comfortable as a tracksuit manager.
John Murray
If you were looking for a different approach from Lee Carsley, it was there right from the start. There was an initial mis-step when he turned right to the home dugout when he first walked down the tunnel, but it was a tracksuited Carsley who laid out the balls and the cones and oversaw the whole of the warm-up.
It served to underline how he wishes to be seen very much as the head coach. And if England replicate the first-half performance, he will not be interim for too much longer.
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Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning the women’s VL3 Single final, where there was also a silver medal for Hope Gordon. David Phillipson took silver in the men’s KL2 Single final.
Daniel Powell has guaranteed himself at least a silver medal in the men’s -90kg men’s J1 judo.
In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won the bronze medal in the Grade V individual freestyle event.
Great Britain now have a total of 106 medals at the Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, with 85 golds and 195 total medals, have more.
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