Spurs 1-2 West Ham United

The report in full...

Our Argentinian defender headed home early on as he returned after a three-game suspension and we were totally dominant in the first half, but it was a different story after the break with the Hammers netting through Jarrod Bowen and James Ward-Prowse to inflict our fourth defeat in five games.

We made a great start, pinning the Hammers inside their own half for the opening 10 minutes before finally grabbing a deserved lead from a corner. Pedro Porro delivered the cross and Romero climbed highest between Nayef Aguerd and Edson Alvarez to send a header looping over Lukasz Fabianski and into the top corner. It was the third goal of the season for the centre-half.

It was very much one-way traffic in the opening period as we enjoyed plenty of possession and created a host of chances. Brennan Johnson had a number of efforts at goal, none of which really troubled Fabianski, who did need to be alert to push away Giovani Lo Celso’s volley from  the edge of the area on 35 minutes.

Shortly after, the visitors cleared away a corner but we recycled it quickly, Fabianski punching clear from Ben Davies, Kulusevski’s effort was blocked and Yves Bissouma drilled the rebound over from 18 yards.

The best chance of the half for the Hammers came in the 44^th minute when Mohammed Kudus worked Davies off the ball and centred for Lucas Paqueta but he got his header all wrong and it dribbled harmlessly wide. There was still time for one more lovely flowing move from us which ended with Lo Celso’s dangerous ball being put behind by Kurt Zouma

But after all our early domination, the visitors showed more intent after the break and levelled it up on 52 minutes, albeit through a huge slice of good fortune, Kudus hitting a left foot shot which Romero blocked only for the ball to hit Davies and roll into the path of an onside Bowen eight yards out and he drilled past Vicario.

That changed the direction of the game as it became a much more even affair with both sides feeling the points were there for the taking. And we thought we’d regained the lead in the 69^th minute when Porro’s cross found substitute Richarlison at the back post but he glanced his header just wide.

Porro then brought a smart save out of Fabianski before West Ham went up the other end and took the lead. Destiny Udogie’s pass back to Vicario fell short, the keeper rushed out to push the ball away from the chasing Bowen but only as far as Ward-Prowse, who hit the post with his initial effort but it rolled straight back to him and he tucked home into an empty net.

We kept playing our football, searching for an equaliser, but the Hammers were happy to drop deep and made it difficult for us to break them down. A free-kick 22 yards out deep into stoppage time offered promise for us, but Porro’s shot flicked off the visitors' wall and went wide, ending our hopes of salvaging a result.

Team news saw Ange Postecoglou make two changes to the team that started against Manchester City on Sunday as Romero came in for Emerson Royal while Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg replaced Bryan Gil. Pape Matar Sarr was back on the bench after missing our last two games with a knock and came on in the closing stages.