Tottenham vs West Ham final score: Son, Kane too much for tired Irons

Harry Kane set up a pair of Heung-min Son goals and the pair forced Kurt Zouma into an own goal as Tottenham Hotspur bolstered its European case with a 3-1 win over weary West Ham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

Spurs led 2-0 after 24 minutes but had to grit their teeth against a West Ham team who found their footing after a sloppy start — no doubt influenced by the hangover of knocking Sevilla out of the Europa League on Thursday.

Said Benrahma scored at the back post off a corner kick (of course) to get West Ham within a goal for nearly an hour, but the Irons never found the equalizer and Spurs ran away with the game late as Thursday’s toll became oh-so-clear.

Spurs move into fifth place with 50 points, one point more than sixth-place Manchester United and three more than West Ham.

Tottenham’s played the same amount of matches as Man United and one less than West Ham, but fourth-place Arsenal has three more points and a match-in-hand on Spurs.

Tottenham Hotspur 3, West Ham United 1

Goal scorers: Zouma o.g. (9′), Son (24′, 88′), Benrahma (35′)

Shot attempts: Tottenham 17, West Ham 6

Shots on goal: Tottenham 4, West Ham 1

Possession: Tottenham 53, West Ham 47

1. Tottenham loves to keep teams in games (and West Ham loves to stay in games): This is true, even though Spurs have done their fair share of routing teams under Antonio Conte and in years past. This could’ve been 3-0 at halftime, maybe even after a half-hour. And if West Ham’s reminded us anything about a team with a Moyesian identity, it’s that they refuse to be counted out of games. Once West Ham pulled to within 2-1, anything could’ve happened in North London.

2. Set-piece status gives weary West Ham legs a chance, but tank runs dry: West Ham’s crowd —