Tottenham produced a ruthless second-half show to cruise previous 10-man West Ham with a 3-0 victory on the London Stadium.
Targets from Pape Sarr, Lucas Bergvall, and Micky van de Ven sealed the factors for Spurs, who overwhelmed their rivals after the break and a pink card for the hosts.
The primary half was a cagey affair, with each side struggling to create clear openings. Paqueta spurned the hosts’ finest probability, dragging huge from shut vary, whereas Cristian Romero had a header dominated out for a foul within the build-up.
Simply two minutes after the break, Spurs discovered their breakthrough. On his Premier League debut, Xavi Simons swung in a nook that picked out Pape Sarr, who rose unmarked to energy a header into the roof of the online.
West Ham practically hit again by means of Jarrod Bowen, however Guglielmo Vicario produced a wise save to calm the guests’ nerves.
The sport turned within the 54th minute when Tomas Soucek was proven a straight pink card for a harmful studs-up problem on Joao Palhinha.
Spurs wasted no time exploiting their benefit. Inside three minutes, Romero launched an ideal lengthy cross excessive, and Bergvall guided a looping header past Mads Hermansen to make it 2-0.
The strain mounted, and by the sixty fourth minute Tottenham had their third. Bergvall drove into the field earlier than slipping the ball left to Van de Ven, who rifled a strike into the underside nook.
With their staff three objectives down and a person quick, residence supporters started streaming out of the stadium.
Graham Potter’s aspect had transient flurries of attacking intent, with Kudus and Johnson forcing saves from Hermansen, however they had been second-best for a lot of the competition.
The win underlines Tottenham’s progress underneath Thomas Frank, with new arrival Simons and younger wonderkid Bergvall each starring.
For West Ham, Soucek’s dismissal summed up an evening the place self-discipline and composure abandoned them.
