Tomas Soucek strike ensures West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur ends even after own-goal opens scoring

Tottenham Hotspur extended their unbeaten start to the Premier League season, but they could only stutter to a 1-1 draw with West Ham at the London Stadium. A Thilo Kehrer own goal was enough to break the deadlock in this fierce London derby, but not enough for Spurs to hold onto all in three points, as Tomas Soucek levelled for the Hammers after Antonio Conte's side were caught out by a quick throw-in.

Ad In a game where Michail Antonio came closest for the hosts by striking the post, the visitors also saw a penalty initially awarded and then disallowed by VAR after Aaron Cresswell had been adjudged to have handled a Harry Kane header at the far post. Premier League‘I would like him to sign a new contract’ – Conte clear on hopes for Kane futureYESTERDAY AT 08:42 Jarrod Bowen dragged a shot wide six minutes into the contest, before Antonio rattled the woodwork with a curling effort after clever interplay from Said Benrahma to set up the number nine.

Declan Rice and Pablo Fornals tested Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris with speculative efforts — a pot-shot volley and a right-footer curler respectively — but neither could generate the necessary power nor accuracy to beat the Frenchman. Soucek nodded over a Vladimir Coufal cross four minutes before the interval as the Hammers kept probing to find an equaliser, but Spurs continued to dominate the ball and orchestrate the tempo of the match, with the talismanic Kane at the heart of everything creative for the away side.