Ange Postecoglou and Micky van de Ven question FA over Tottenham fine for West Ham clash

Kudus was shown a consecutive reddish card, upgraded from a yellowish connected proposal of the VAR, for raising his hands to the faces of Van de Ven and Pape Sarr towards the extremity of Tottenham's 4-1 triumph successful northbound London.

Kudus, who had opened the scoring for the visitors, initially appeared to footwear van de Ven portion the Dutchman was connected the turf, prompting the defender to propulsion the Hammers' forward.

Asked for his instrumentality connected a 'feisty game', Postecoglou said: "I don’t cognize if that is an close statement of what I saw. That benignant of incidental with Kudus. Apart from that I don’t deliberation it was that fiesty a game, I don’t deliberation determination were excessively galore cards extracurricular that.

"I’m not truly definite what we did wrong. Yeah, determination was a coming together, but a mates of our players had deed the platform by past truthful you would similar to deliberation we would spell successful and astatine slightest protect. I thought our players controlled themselves, evidently the FA felt differently.

"I didn’t consciousness determination was thing edgy successful that crippled astatine all. Just a subordinate who mislaid his composure for a second, Kudus, which I deliberation is not truly similar him anyways erstwhile I’ve seen him arsenic a subordinate but it happens.

"For the astir part, I thought determination was a just spot of restraint. If determination was thing more, determination is plentifulness of video grounds to complaint players with. I conjecture the look of it is not large but I don’t deliberation it was thing untoward."

Van de Ven fell the the crushed aft being struck by Kudus, who besides pushed Sarr and caught Spurs guardant Richarlison successful the resulting ruck.

"What I tin retrieve is that I had a duel with Mohammed Kudus, and I fell down connected the crushed and I had the feeling that helium kicked excessively overmuch done connected the ball," Van de Ven said.

“He tried to footwear the shot but helium deed maine twice, 3 times. I was evidently a spot huffy successful this concern and I stood up and I pushed him and past the concern happened from his side.

"He virtually punched maine successful the look and I went down. To beryllium honest, I don’t cognize what happened afterwards - I didn’t truly spot what happened afterwards - but that is the situation. The FA said we request to get fined for this. It is not however I deliberation astir it. If I deliberation astir it, it would beryllium a antithetic situation."

Pushed connected whether helium felt Tottenham's good was unfair, Van de Ven added: "It's hard to say, my absorption was not bully and besides I was a spot huffy truthful from my broadside it was not truly bully but I deliberation it was from some ways."

Tottenham look AZ Alkmaar astatine location successful the Europa League connected Thursday aft winning their opening 2 games successful the contention against Qarabag and Ferencvaros.