Thursday evening saw the Premier League play host to the second London derby in successive days as West Ham United frustrated rivals Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-1 draw.
David Moyes’ team set their stall out early on with it clear the Scottish coach trusted his team to play with a very compact defensive block in the hope of avoiding defeat.
It worked fantastically well as the Hammers took advantage of an off colour Harry Kane to keep the score at 0-0 by half time.
As Spurs pushed and pushed for the opening goal, Son Heung-Min and Dele Alli both went close, however it was Pedro Obiang who sent a shockwave of silence throughout England’s national stadium when his strike from 30 yards beat Hugo Lloris and went into the top corner.
From there the visitors attempted to regain their defensive solidity, unfortunately for them going a goal behind brought increased pressure from Mauricio Pochettino’s charges.
With just six minutes left to play, the South Korean added a quite wonderful goal of his own with a shot from distance which left Adrian no chance.
Moyes was left frustrated by what he perceived to be a foul on Manuel Lanzini in the build-up to the equaliser.
The hosts continued to pile the pressure on with a number of goalmouth scrambles bringing out the best of West Ham’s defence in injury time, however the points were shared as Tottenham missed the opportunity to take advantage of both Arsenal and Chelsea dropping two points on Wednesday.
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