Mohammed Kudus faces extended ban for shocking meltdown in West Ham loss at Spurs

West Ham attacker Mohammed Kudus mislaid his caput precocious successful decision to Tottenham erstwhile shoving 2 opponents successful the look and that could pb to the FA extending his suspension retrospectively

Mohammed Kudus could beryllium deed with an extended prohibition for his spectacular meltdown.

The West Ham winger, who had scored the opening goal, near 3 Tottenham players connected the level after losing his caput successful Saturday's defeat.

He archetypal kicked Micky van de Ven successful the backmost earlier shoving the defender successful the face. Kudus followed that up by pushing Pape Matar Sarr successful the head, portion Richarlison was knocked implicit aft moving into the Ghana planetary during a consequent melee.

Kudus was sent disconnected for convulsive behaviour relating to the archetypal Van de Ven incident. But the FA mightiness determine to punish him further - akin to erstwhile QPR ’s Joey Barton was handed a nine-game prohibition for 3 incidents against Manchester City successful 2012.

West Ham brag Julen Lopetegui said helium volition talk to Kudus astir the incidental but claimed that helium did not spot the altercations.

“It's not bully for him, it's not bully for the club, for the team,” Lopetegui said. “But I can't accidental thing much due to the fact that I don't spot the action.”

Max Kilman said West Ham lone had themselves to blasted for their second-half fearfulness show.

Lopetegui’s squad delivered an accumulation successful antiaircraft disorganisation earlier Kudus was sent disconnected for convulsive conduct.

But with Hammers fans increasing progressively agitated by their caller caput coach’s nonaccomplishment to supply consistency, summertime signing Kilman conceded: “It wasn’t bully enough. There was a spell successful the 2nd fractional erstwhile we fto the crippled slip.

“It was a atrocious spell for us. We mislaid attraction arsenic a squad astatine important moments and fto them get up of us. “Obviously it’s not bully capable for the level we are and the prime we have. We request to beryllium doing overmuch better.

“We request to beryllium overmuch amended than that and marque definite we’re acceptable for the adjacent one.”

West Ham, already trapped successful a little mid-table morass, big Manchester United adjacent Sunday and Kilman added: "For definite we request to get our heads down and enactment successful a bully show adjacent week.

"We request to vie with the champion teams successful the league and we person the prime to bash that. We request to support going and hopefully things volition change."

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