Tottenham into the top 4 of the English Premier League

Coach Antonio Conte was hospitalized again due to health problems after gallbladder surgery, leaving Tottenham under the direction of assistant Cristian Stellini. Tottenham won all three games under Stellini, and ended a two-match losing streak thanks to three points won in the London derby.

Welcoming West Ham with the trio of Richarlison, Harry Kane and Dejan Kulusevski in attack, Tottenham kicked in the first half. But like many games this season, the hosts improved their performance in the second half to win 2-0. Thanks to that, Tottenham took Newcastle's fourth place in the Premier League.

West Ham's four-match unbeaten run helped them enter the match confidently at Spurs, with a close-range finish from Jarrod Bowen in the first minute. But the more you kick, the more this confidence fades. The students of David Moyes only hit the goal once, in the match they did not have the creative source of Lucas Paqueta because of injury.

For the second game in a row, West Ham escaped a penalty when the ball touched his hand in the penalty area, after Thilo Kehrer's mistake. Tottenham's best opportunity in the first 45 minutes came at the end of the half, when Richarlison could not beat Lukasz Fabianski from a tight angle. But the host also only had to wait 10 more minutes in the second half to open the scoring. Ben Davies jumped up to meet Pierre-Emile Hojberg's slot, before clearing the table for Emerson Royal to score from close range.

Son Heung-min, who started in the 0-1 defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League in midweek, came on in the 68th minute of the match against West Ham. The Korean striker ignored the racist words coming from the away team's fans, to score a goal after only four minutes on the field. The assist was Harry Kane, with a good challenge after the airfight.

West Ham protested weakly after the second goal. The 0-2 defeat left them with no improvement to 18th place, with one point behind the safety group. In the next round, "sledgehammer" meets Nottingham Forest - the match Moyes described as the most important match of the season. Tottenham are fourth, with one point ahead of Newcastle but have played one more game. Next round, Spurs continue to play another London derby, against Chelsea.