José Mourinho will say that he is proud of his men, that the second half was very serious, that he deserved another luck. And you will be right. But he will look at the table and see that he is still sunk in the Premier League, giving ground and adding losses, and perhaps moving out of the European qualifying zone for good.
The executioner on duty was West Ham, who beat Tottenham 2-1 and settled in fourth place in the table, while his rival is still far from it all, in the ninth box.
The first half, full of inaccuracies and few options for the goal, condemned the visiting team, who had Dávinson Sánchez as a starter, with some lime and other sand.
The Colombian suffered for 5 minutes from a confusion between Dyer and Tanganga and yes, a center passed to Dávinson and everyone, confused, asking for a foul they didn’t whistle, while Antonio appeared in the middle in two times, punishments to Lloris.
And it could have been worse, because at the age of 10, Lingard forgave him by making a bad decision at the end, after beating Dávinson’s back. The prospects did not look good for the Colombian or for Mourinho.
Tottenham responded up to 12 minutes, in a Lamela run that Kane couldn’t take advantage of. A tough confrontation with the Colombian forced Soucek to points on the eyebrow and West Ham to a few minutes with ten games, which the ‘Spurs’ could not take advantage of.
Lloris saved Dávinson at 37 when Dawson beat him on the header and Tottenham was still fat that ran a lot but had only a few shots on goal from Lamela (42) and Kane (45 + 1) before hitting the blind from the first times. .
And nothing changed for the complement, or well: Bale arrived in place of Lamela (all very Mourinho, take out the only one who tried) and, with delayed effect on behalf of the VAR, West Ham marked the second in the first minute of play, when Lingard sneaked between Dier and Sánchez – again the Colombian a second afternoon – and the account went 2-0. All bad for Mourinho.
But the difference is always made by talent and Tottenham’s payroll has a lot of that, which he discounted at 63 in a free kick from Bale that was left to Lucas Moura.
Mou’s team was confident, Dávinson was infected and won a key ball in the line against Benhrama and another against Fornals, while Son escaped the draw in the center of Kane.
At the age of 78 there was a miracle in the West Ham area: Bale joined Kane, the center of the goalscorer who lost Dele Alli and on the rebound Bale crashed her on the crossbar … Incredible! What a regret that not only the draw but also an exceptional game was wasted.
And in the end, West Ham was rescued again when Son’s attempt crashed into the post … who can say the ‘Spurs’ didn’t try!
The blows forced them to play after the 90s, but it was no longer enough time for a Tottenham who struggled, who had to draw but failed and was left empty-handed and further and further away from the prominent position expected of a capricious team. who paid for his bad start.