Mohammed Kudus and Julen Lopetegui in telling moment after crazy West Ham red card

TOTTENHAM 4-1 WEST HAM: Spurs ran riot successful the 2nd fractional to demolish their London rivals portion Mohammed Kudus saw reddish successful a infinitesimal of madness, having opened the scoring for the Hammers successful a fiery derby

Ange Postecoglou precise seldom breaks quality - but connected this occasion, helium thumped the aerial with joy.

For the archetypal hr of the match, helium had resembled a Madame Tussauds' waxwork connected the touchline. But erstwhile returning skipper Heung-min Son enactment this crippled beyond each scope connected 60 minutes, thing was stopping the Aussie from basking successful the glory of yet much West Ham misery.

In truth, Mohammed Kudus' brainsick precocious dismissal was the astir combat the hapless Hammers displayed each day and you statesman to wonderment however agelong the London Stadium hierarchy volition let this to continue. Whether you complaint David Moyes ' shot oregon not - cipher tin contradict it's been an alarming autumn from grace. Last Christmas, Moyes' spirited Irons rocked up present and ransacked each 3 points, having trailed astatine the interval.

You could chopped the hostility betwixt Kudus and Lopetegui with a weapon arsenic the erstwhile trudged disconnected the field. There appears to beryllium nary emotion mislaid pursuing their caller disagreement astatine Brentford erstwhile the Ghanaian was withdrawn astatine half-time.

West Ham, who initially looked rejuvenated pursuing the 4-1 demolition of Ipswich a fortnight ago, appeared acceptable connected landing the archetypal stroke successful a quest to make immoderate much-needed momentum. Kudus, fuelled by the disappointment of Ghana's daze 2-0 decision to Sudan connected Tuesday, forced Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario into a tremendous aboriginal halt wrong the opening 10 minutes.

But moments aft Spurs went agonisingly adjacent done the returning Heung-min Son's curling onslaught - the Hammers pipped themselves up connected the break. Kudus' raking power was controlled scrappily by Jarrod Bowen but the hosts failed to wide their lines, allowing Bowen to quadrate backmost to Kudus to steer home.

Postecoglou's broadside responded sharply, peppering Alphonse Areola's extremity and the Frenchman was conscionable astir adjacent to Pedro Porro's swerving onslaught earlier Dejan Kulusevski restored parity connected 36 minutes. The red-hot Swede, who looked arsenic though helium was connected a one-man ngo to gully his squad level, drove towards extremity and his left-footed changeable yet squirmed successful disconnected some posts.

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Then, aft an incredibly adjacent half, the floodgates began to open. First Yves Bissouma powered Spurs up aft slamming location Udogie's cutback. Two minutes later, it was 3-1 erstwhile Son's tame effort - that followed a stunning back-heel from spouse successful transgression Kulusevski - was saved by the feet of Areola earlier trickling successful disconnected the unfortunate Jean-Clair Todibo, though Areola was accredited with the ain goal.

The Frenchman's fearfulness day would soon get worse erstwhile Spurs skipper Son turned him wrong retired earlier firing location a fourth. By this point, sections of the travelling faithful had already seen capable arsenic they swiftly headed for the exit earlier Kudus was aboriginal shown reddish pursuing the involution of VAR aft shoving some Micky van de Ven and Pape Matar Sarr successful the face.

Kudus was present decidedly miss games against Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Everton but it's not beyond the realms of anticipation that helium could present beryllium facing a hefty prohibition that volition spot him suspended for much than 3 matches.

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