FROM THE LONDON STADIUM – West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur shared the spoils in a low-quality 1-1 draw on Sunday afternoon.
The visitors, in confident mood after beating Bodo/Glimt 3-1 in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday, took the lead after a quarter of an hour following an error from home centre-back Max Kilman. The former Wolves captain, signed by West Ham for £40m last summer, was caught on the ball by Mathys Tel, and he rolled a pass across the penalty area for an unmarked Wilson Odobert to slide home his first Premier League goal for Spurs.
As has happened so often this season, Spurs weren’t able to hold onto their lead and were pegged back just before the half-hour mark by Jarrod Bowen’s tenth goal of the season, scored from an acute angle after he’d been played in behind by the lively Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Richarlison fired over for the visitors before half-time but both sides struggled to keep hold of the ball, leading to a back and forth contest that didn’t really live up to supporter expectations.
Bowen had a glanced header well saved by Guglielmo Vicario in the final ten minutes of the game, before James Ward-Prowse’s stoppage-time free-kick whistled just wide of the Italian’s post.
*Ratings provided by FotMob*
Position / Player
Rating
GK: Alphonse Areola
5.6/10
CB: Jean-Clair Todibo
6.7/10
CB: Max Kilman
5.8/10
CB: Aaron Cresswell
7.2/10
RWB: Aaron Wan-Bissaka
8.2/10
CM: Tomas Soucek
6.2/10
CM: Lucas Paqueta
7.3/10
LWB: Emerson
6.5/10
AM: Jarrod Bowen (c)
7.2/10
AM: Mohammed Kudus
7.0/10
CF: Niclas Fullkrug
6.2/10
SUB: Vladimir Coufal (80′ for Todibo)
6.1/10
SUB: James Ward-Prowse (80′ for Paqueta)
6.1/10
SUB: Carlos Soler (80′ for Soucek)
6.4/10
SUB: Evan Ferguson (80′ for Fullkrug)
5.9/10
Subs not used: Lukasz Fabianski (GK), Guido Rodriguez, Luis Guilherme, Danny Ings.
*Ratings provided by FotMob*
Position / Player
Rating
GK: Guglielmo Vicario (c)
5.9/10
RB: Archie Gray
6.9/10
CB: Kevin Danso
7.1/10
CB: Ben Davies
7.0/10
LB: Djed Spence
6.8/10
CM: Pape Sarr
6.8/10
CM: Yves Bissouma
6.8/10
CM: Dejan Kulusevski
6.4/10
RW: Wilson Odobert
7.5/10
CF: Richarlison
6.1/10
LW: Mathys Tel
7.4/10
Subs not used: Antonin Kinsky (GK), Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Brennan Johnson, Damola Ajayi.
