Son Heung-min shines in Spurs win before Mohammed Kudus' shocking red card - 5 talking points

TOTTENHAM 4-1 WEST HAM: Heung-min Son led the mode arsenic Tottenham came from down to descend a shambolic West Ham who saw Mohammed Kudus sent disconnected aft losing his head

Heung-min Son returned to spearhead Tottenham's devastating second-half show arsenic they came from down to thrash neighbours West Ham.

Mohammed Kudus had enactment the Hammers successful beforehand with a good first-half effort but, aft Dejan Kulusevski levelled, Julen Lopetegui's visitors fell isolated aft the interruption successful diabolical fashion.

Yves Bissouma enactment Ange Postecoglou's broadside successful beforehand earlier a comical ain goal, yet fixed to Alphonse Areola aft immoderate pinball pursuing a Son shot, made it 3-1. The South Korean superstar soon added a 4th earlier Kudus mislaid the crippled by pushing 2 Spurs players successful the face.

Here are the talking points from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Substitute shambles

Tottenham had not agelong made it 2-1 erstwhile 3 West Ham substitutes lined up adjacent the halfway enactment acceptable to travel on. By the clip they entered the tract of play it was 4-1.

Six minutes had passed with Edson Alvarez, Crysencio Summerville and Carlos Soler watching idly arsenic the XI connected the transportation fell isolated with dismal consequences.

And it was hard to recognize what the hold-up was.

Did Julen Lopetegui privation to hold for the crippled to settee down? Was determination a method issue?

Either mode it was a shambolic infinitesimal that summed up a shameful spell of shot from the distant team.

Sharp Son

After 3 weeks retired with wounded the Spurs skipper showed nary signs of rustiness with a ruthlessly businesslike performance.

Having travel desperately adjacent with a spectacular effort successful the archetypal half, helium dragged Tottenham to a higher level during their decisive burst aboriginal successful the 2nd half.

His ain extremity did not get until the 4th but it was his changeable that led to the 3rd goal, awarded to Areola aft 3 deflections, portion helium besides deed the station and created 2 wide opportunities earlier being taken disconnected with the points unafraid aft 70 minutes - to a predictable lasting ovation.

Brilliant Bowen

Jarrod Bowen looked heavy-legged successful the opening weeks of the season, nary uncertainty carrying lingering fatigue from England’s Euros heartbreak. But being dropped by interim nationalist squad caput manager Lee Carsley appears to person invigorated the Hammers captain.

He looked outstanding against Ipswich earlier the break, perchance enjoyed the remainder implicit the past fortnight and from the commencement of this crippled helium caused Destiny Udogie each sorts of problems.

His transverse for Kudus’ opener came from a 3rd palmy beating of the Tottenham afloat back.

It was hard to pin excessively overmuch blasted connected him for West Ham’s horrific second-half collapse.

Bowen, undoubtedly, has to beryllium held arsenic 1 of the champion players extracurricular of the large 7 clubs.

Kudus nightmare

What was Kudus thinking? The footwear up Micky van de Ven's backside arsenic the Spurs defender laic connected the level was daft, the shove successful his look adjacent worse.

And for bully measurement the Ghana prima past pushed Pape Sarr successful the head.

The lone contented was it took truthful agelong for referee Andy Madley to amusement the reddish paper erstwhile it was the astir evident dismissal of the season.

Mixed Areola

Alphonse Areola appears to beryllium alternating betwixt wondrous saves and brushed concessions.

This was the 2nd crippled successful a enactment erstwhile West Ham’s No1 was beaten excessively softly - allowing Dejan Kulusevski’s changeable to scramble successful astatine his adjacent station for the equaliser earlier Son’s 4th besides crept by.

Lopetegui’s squad are coughing up acold excessively galore opportunities successful each crippled and the Frenchman has made a big of spectacular stops already successful this campaign.

But helium past ruins that each by being beaten from acold much regular efforts.

His kicking, meanwhile, is simply a full different contented - evidenced by a lame walk that led to Spurs’ third.

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