Tottenham 3-2 West Ham: Premier League as it happened
Harry Kane scores a dramatic late brace as Mauricio Pochettino's unbeaten side halt a seven-match winless run.
Full-time: Tottenham 3-2 West Ham
- Tottenham maintain their unbeaten start to the 2016/17 Premier League campaign and end a seven-match winless run in all competitions that stretched back to 2 October thanks to two late goals in as many minutes from Harry Kane
- The striker, who also scored notched an equaliser in the north London derby prior to the recent international break, turned home Heung-Min Son's low cross before beating Darren Randolph from the spot after a moment of madness from substitute Havard Nordtveit
- West Ham led at the break after Michail Antonio scored his sixth headed goal of the season already
- 20-year-old midfielder Harry Winks netted from close range on his first top-flight start to draw the hosts level
- Slaven Bilic's side retook the lead through a Manuel Lanzini penalty after Vincent Janssen dragged down Winston Reid
- Reid was harshly dismissed in stoppage time for two bookable offences
- The Hammers have now won just one of their previous 15 top-flight trips to White Hart Lane
- Earlier: Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal, Southampton 0-0 Liverpool
That is all from us for now, but be sure to join me again tomorrow afternoon for more live coverage of the Premier League.
We will update you on all the action from the Riverside Stadium, where Antonio Conte's in-form Chelsea can leapfrog Liverpool and Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League with a sixth consecutive win over Middlesbrough.
That match gets underway at 16.00 GMT. Until then, goodnight.
That was far from a vintage Tottenham display and Pochettino will no doubt be frustrated that it took such a last-gasp turnaround to defeat lowly West Ham, but he has to be pleased with the fight shown by his side tonight after a seven-match winless run.
This was Spurs' first victory of any kind since 2 October and means they remain unbeaten in the Premier League after 12 matches. Confidence should be high ahead of a Champions League visit to Monaco on Tuesday and a third consecutive London derby clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next weekend.
A truly harrowing loss for West Ham, who will be left wondering how on earth they have come away from White Hart Lane with nothing after leading with one minute of normal time remaining.
Bilic must now find some way to restore confidence ahead of a gruelling run of pre-festive fixtures that includes back-to-back trips to Manchester United, the latter of which is an EFL Cup quarter-final, and successive league meetings with Arsenal and Liverpool.
The deflated Hammers could have risen to 12th with a win, but instead they remain 17th and just one point above the relegation zone.
West Ham's abject misery is compounded as Reid, only just back from a one-match ban for accumulating five yellow cards, receives his second booking in quick succession for catching Kane with an elbow. That looked incredibly harsh.
His first appeared to come for appealing against that penalty decision.
A remarkable save from Randolph, who somehow manages to keep out Dier's powerful header from a Rose cross with his left foot. Tottenham are well and truly in the ascendancy now and White Hart Lane has come alive.
Bilic looks to disrupt that growing momentum with a double change. Simone Zaza and Edimilson Fernandes are summoned to replace Sakho and Ayew.
Five minutes gone in the second half and Tottenham are level. Rose breezes past Antonio down the left-hand flank and sends in a near-post cross towards Janssen, who may well have handled the ball before producing a powerful strike that is parried by Randolph and falls directly into the path of Winks.
The confident 20-year-old, who also made his England U21 debut against France in Bondoufle on Monday night, makes no mistake on his first Premier League start as he finishes from close range before sprinting over to share an embrace with Pochettino.
What a moment for the young midfielder.
A frustrating first half for toothless Tottenham, who were so slow to react before that West Ham goal and appear to be suffering from a distinct lack of cutting edge in the final third. Much work to be done here if Pochettino's out-of-sorts side are to maintain their unbeaten record and avoid an eighth consecutive match without a win.
So far, so good for West Ham, meanwhile, thanks to yet another header from the opportunist Antonio. They have defended very well indeed for the most part and will rise to 12th if they can hold on for all three points.
Despite controlling possession for the opening 25 minutes of this match, Tottenham suddenly find themselves 1-0 down.
Kyle Walker initially makes a crucial block from Antonio after a mishit volley from Manuel Lanzini.
However, the prolific winger is not to be denied and he heads past Lloris from close range after a better corner from Payet is thundered against the crossbar by Kouyate and turned back towards goal by Reid.
Good defending from Cheikhou Kouyate to head clear a potentially dangerous cross from Eriksen.
The Danish playmaker then fires home past Randolph after an excellent long pass from Eric Dier. However, the referee's assistant quickly raises his flag for offside. It won't count.
An early warning for West Ham.
Swansea City have now sunk to 20th after being denied a first win under Bob Bradley at Everton. Gylfi Sigurdsson fired home a penalty before half-time, but Seamus Coleman later popped up with an 89th-minute equalising header.
Champions Leicester City conceded within the first 33 seconds during a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Watford. All three goals came in the opening 15 minutes, with Riyad Mahrez netting from the spot after Miguel Britos had fouled Jamie Vardy. However, they could not find a leveller after those early efforts from Etienne Capoue and Roberto Pereyra.
A first-half header from Chelsea loanee Nathan Ake helped Bournemouth to record their first away win of the season and end Stoke's six-match unbeaten run. Bojan smashed a penalty against the crossbar.
While we await kick-off at White Hart Lane, let's take a moment to bring you fully up to speed with events elsewhere in the Premier League today. Arsenal were a long way from their best in their heavyweight lunchtime clash against Manchester United, but substitute Olivier Giroud salvaged a point after his late header cancelled out an earlier effort from Juan Mata.
Leaders Liverpool remain top but could be overtaken by Chelsea tomorrow after being held to a goalless draw at Southampton. Manchester City are now level on points with Jurgen Klopp's side and boast an identical goal difference after winning 2-1 away to Crystal Palace. Midfield outcast Yaya Toure, making his first league start since April, marked his return to the side with a brace that came either side of an equaliser from Connor Wickham.
Struggling Sunderland have moved off the foot of the table after sealing back-to-back victories with a 3-0 triumph over Hull City. Victor Anichebe scored twice after Jermain Defoe's first-half opener and Papy Djilobodji was sent off late on for two bookable offences.
Bilic makes three alterations, punishing Adrian for his clanger against Stoke by dropping him in favour of usual deputy Darren Randolph. Winston Reid, who was not selected by New Zealand for a recent qualifying double-header against New Caledonia due to a low-grade hamstring strain, returns from suspension.
James Collins goes back to the bench, although is evidently fit enough himself after suffering a calf injury while away on Wales duty.
In attack, Diafra Sakho returns to make his first competitive appearance of the season. The Senegalese forward had been struggling with a lingering back issue. Usual skipper Mark Noble is suspended.
Andy Carroll, Sam Byram, Gokhan Tore, Reece Oxford and Arthur Masuaku are all still sidelined.
Pochettino makes two changes from the team that drew with Arsenal. Kevin Wimmer, who gifted the Gunners a first-half lead with an unfortunate own goal, makes way for midfielder Harry Winks. The 20-year-old academy graduate makes the first Premier League start of his fledgling career.
Up front, Tottenham opt for two strikers and Vincent Janssen starts alongside Harry Kane despite withdrawing from the Netherlands squad for their 3-1 World Cup qualifying victory against Luxembourg. The 22-year-old suffered a concussion and supposedly lost 20 minutes of his memory after being wiped out by Simon Mignolet during a friendly draw with Belgium.
Heung-Min Son drops to the bench, although midfield trio Victor Wanyama, Moussa Dembele and Christian Eriksen are all deemed fit to start after their own respective injury scares.
Toby Alderweireld, Erik Lamela and Ben Davies remain out and Dele Alli, believed to be nearing full fitness after a knee problem, is not risked from the start ahead of important matches against Monaco and Chelsea.
If West Ham were to win today, it would be only a second victory in their last 15 top-flight visits to White Hart Lane. Winston Reid, Ricardo Vaz Te and a fine solo effort from mercurial midfielder Ravel Morrison secured a fine win for then manager Sam Allardyce in October 2013 against a Spurs outfit managed by Andre Villas-Boas.
'AVB' was sacked two months later, shortly before West Ham returned and scored twice in the final 10 minutes to book a Capital One Cup semi-final date with Manchester City.
Last season, Spurs extended their unbeaten run to 12 matches with an emphatic 4-1 home win that saw Kane net a brace. Bilic's men inflicted suitable revenge in March, denying their rivals the chance to top the league thanks to an early goal from Antonio.
Pochettino will be hopeful of ending that run today against a West Ham side that remained just a point above the relegation zone ahead of today's 15.00 GMT kick-offs.
The Hammers were positively wretched earlier in the season amid several issues that arose following their controversial summer move to the Olympic Stadium, with four straight losses leaving them in the bottom three.
Slaven Bilic has managed to steady the ship somewhat since then, however. As well as beating Chelsea to seal a spot in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, his team have lost only one of their five league matches.
They followed up an insipid defeat to Everton by drawing 1-1 at home to Stoke City before the international break. Bojan Krkic's goal for the Potters cancelled out an earlier Dimitri Payet cross that hit Michail Antonio and went in off Glenn Whelan.
Following a fourth consecutive draw against north London rivals Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur return to action following an eventful international break that saw several of their players subject to fresh injury concerns with another derby clash against West Ham United at White Hart Lane.
While Mauricio Pochettino's side retained their status as the Premier League's last unbeaten team following Harry Kane's second-half penalty at the Emirates Stadium, they are currently in the midst of their longest winless run for 12 years.
Not since impressively ruining Manchester City's 100% league start under Pep Guardiola on 2 October have Spurs tasted victory in any competition. That seven-match sequence includes five draws and defeats at the hands of Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen.
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