West Ham Beat Tottenham 1-0
West Ham boss David Moyes says the club is “blossoming” after his side beat Tottenham to climb into the Champions League places.
Harry Kane earlier saw his back-post header tipped over the crossbar by Lukasz Fabianski, but Spurs failed to capitalise on several decent opportunities.
The win moves West Ham to fourth in the table on 17 points, making it Moyes’ best start to a season since 2004-05 with Everton.
“We are growing characters at the moment,” said Moyes, who returned to the club in December 2019, 19 months after his first spell ended.
“Over the last couple of years they have all blossomed, they are all feeling important and feeling like they can make a difference.
“The club is blossoming now and that comes from the players. Those players are all improving together and it is a good thing to have.”
Tottenham sit two points behind their London rivals in sixth.
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Moyes and Hammers flying high
Former Everton boss Moyes has struggled to leave his mark on a club since leaving Goodison Park for Manchester United in 2013 but the 58-year-old’s West Ham side are now playing with all the traits that made the Scot one of the top-flight’s most established coaches.
The last time one of his sides started a season as well as this was when he led Everton to a fourth-place finish in 04-05, and the Hammers have similar momentum after climbing into a Champions League spot with this win over their London rivals.
Moyes must also know he has a gem in Antonio, a forward who proves almost unplayable when on form and one who gave £47m centre-back Cristian Romero a ferocious physical battle on Sunday.
It was England captain Kane, however, who the 31-year-old got the better of from a corner to stab home Creswell’s delivery and score his sixth goal in 10 league games against Spurs.
Tottenham had looked arguably the more likely to score in a game of few clear-cut chances, with Son Heung-min stretching the Hammers’ defence and scuffing his shot when well placed after combining smartly with Tanguy Ndombele.
Kane’s header then forced a great save from Fabianski and after the break Spurs got into dangerous positions only for their final ball to let them down, failing to engineer any sort of attempt on goal in the second half.
