West Ham 1-0 Tottenham: Premier League – live reaction!

And here’s Jonathan Liew’s report from the London Stadium.

Here’s Nick Ames’ report from Brentford v Leicester…

“Down to the manager I’m afraid.” says Yash Gupta. “You can’t wait 83 minutes to make a change. Bring Lo Celso and Gil early and who knows what would’ve happened?”

I agree. By the looks of things, Nuno was happy with 0-0 because in the second half, Spurs looked unlikely to get anything better, and he just let things slide.

I’ve just seen Tielemans’ goal for Leicester; it’s an absolute zetz, it really is. Recommended.

So where to now for Spurs? Ultimately, Ndombele needs to do more – more goals, more assists – to justify his position, but he needs help from Skipp and Hojbjerg, who can’t just sit there. Similarly, Reguilon and Emerson need to offer more in attack, because at the moment, Spurs are basically hoping for a counter or an error when with the players they’ve got, they should be looking to dominate.

Leicester have beaten Brentford 2-1, and that’s a great result for them. They’re up to ninth now and have got their season going this last week; like West Ham, they’ve won thrice.

It really is impossible to overstate the brilliance of the job David Moyes is doing at West Ham. No one – his players, his supporters, the rest of us – are remotely surprised to see them win again, and he’s turned a famously-flaky club into one of the most brutally reliable around.

And for those who are still hatred-poor – ok, that’s all of us – there’s the small matter of this:

Elsewhere, a couple of other little tussles for our delectation:

“Just go and attack the ball, son!” says Graeme Souness of Hazza Kane’s defending, noting that he was more concerned with stopping Antonio getting to the ball than getting to it himself. He did very little today, admittedly with very little; you can’t have a midfield as stodgy as Spurs’ without getting more creativity from your full-backs.

That’s a bazzing win for West Ham, who’ve won thrice in a week and are now in the top four. Spurs, meanwhile, were very disappointing and slip to sixth.

90+3 min In co-comms, Andy Hinchcliffe gives Aaron Cresswell his man of the match award. Can’t argue with that.

90+1 min “When Mrs H and I got married” returns Dawud Haris, “her parents were mollified by my name being easily Islamified.”

It’s so interesting how all the different cultures and religions share names, but with little tweaks.

90 min West Ham send on Dawson for Bowen, while Spurs replace Moura with Bergwijn. I’m not sure why you’d wait until injury-time to perform the latter, but here we are.

89 min I guess that’s why I found him a curious appointment. Spurs’ owners aren’t going to finance a title bid and the standard has improved a lot since Pochettino mustered one anyway, so why not pick a manager who wants to play exciting football? It makes no sense, because the locals need placating somehow, and the promise of entertainment is the best way of doing that.

88 min I know a team needs to be balanced, but I don’t get why Nuno took off Ndombele with so little time left against a side backing themselves to sit on their lead. What’s the worst that could happen? What’re the chances Skipp or Hojbjerg get his side back into this?

86 min Spurs have mustered almost nothing this half, and the cube root of nothing since going behind. Their front three have been static, but there’s also been a lack of midfield imagination.

85 min Bowen, who’s put in another punishing shift, robs Son and runs away from him, but right as he enters the box Son retorts and recovers possession.

84 min Ch-ch-changes: Lo Celso and Gil replace Ndombele and Reguilon; Lanzini replaces Benrahma.

83 min Skipp allows a ball on the line to run out of play, but right as it crosses the line, Antonio barges him off it, feeding Benrahma; Lloris comes out to narrow what’s already a tight angle, blocking the shot.

81 min Lucas Moura slides a ball out right for Emerson, but Cresswell reads it like it’s Biff and Chip, inserting a leg and bringing his team away. Spurs are struggling to exert any prolonged pressure, and West Ham have done a really good job of excluding Son and Kane from the game.

79 min I know that crossing is a skill, but it does seem like one most corner-takers don’t practise enough, because it goes wrong so often. I’m not saying Cresswell and Bowen aren’t really good – they are – but it’s hard to believe they’re as much better than the rest as it seems.

78 min Ad back to potential changes, Giovani Lo Celso was the other bright spark in Spurs’ midweek defeat. I’d be tempted to get him involved – but I’d leave Ndombele on, as West Ham will likely sit back not look for a clincher – and replace Moura with Gil.

77 min Back at Brentford, James Maddison has put Leicester back in front.

75 min Ndombele has all but disappeared for Spurs, returns Rick Harris, who we can call Rick Brewster, which was his mum’s maiden name – similarly, I can be Harriç, which was my pre-Anglicization name – “and surely Nuno needs to make changes to avoid the inevitable West Ham goal you sense is coming. Dele is surely the only real option on the Spurs bench likely to change the match in their favour.”

I felt miserable watching him tramp about the pitch the other night; he used to be so much fun and so full of attitude and mischief, but now he just looks despondent. I hope he leaves Spurs in January because he needs a fresh start.

74 min West Ham have been the better side over the last 15 minutes, and if they can hang on, they’re going fourth – at least for a couple of hours.

THEY’VE DONE IT AGAIN! Cresswell sends over another vicious corner, swinging out but not leaving the six-yard box, and when Moura, Skipp and Soucek all miss it at the front post, Antonio reacts brilliantly while Kane snoozes, poking home a ball he won’t have seen until it was punkt on his toe.

71 min Reguilon does really well to intercept Fornals’ pass for Bowen, then dithers and Fornals snaps back, his shot deflected wide.

70 min Antonio has wheels and gives Dier two yards then powers past in search of a long hump down the line; Lloris charges out to clatter man and ball after the traditional fashion.

68 min “Watching this in the Harris bar in my hotel in Funchal,” says Ian Sargeant. “Cagey game. 50:50 in terms of supporters. All agreed that the flag on Antonio should have gone up 45 seconds before it did.”

Ah man, what I’d not give for a cold bottle of Superbock right now, though I daresay my words might become even more intelligible – even less telligible – than previously.

66 min Antonio boots through Hojbjerg in what looked a fair challenge to me. But Hojbjerg, who actually lives round my way, takes exception; I’ll advise him to the contrary at the next neighbourhood watch meeting.

65 min “Do you wish you were doing the Leicester game instead?!” asks Lisa H, presumably because Mathias Jorgensen has just equalised for Brentford. As it goes, this hasn’t been bad, but a goal for one or t’other would not be unwelcome.

63 min West Ham are coming, Rice driving through Moura and sticking in behind for Antonio – eventually. Because of that, his mate’s offside, so his cross behind everyone doesn’t mater, but that’s a warning for Spurs, who are fading.

62 min The first ball is cleared as far as Zouma, who has to take a touch before shooting and is quickly crowded out.

61 min Eesh, Cresswell leaps for a high ball, diving over the top of Moura – who does not back in to harrykane him, I don’t think – but he gets hurt nevertheless. The ref meanwhile, awards a free-kick and this is dangerous; Cresswell will swing out from down the left, close to the corner of the box.

59 min Just when I was fearing I’d oversold this, we get a touch of exactly what NO ONE wants to see, Romero booting Fornals’ legs away from him, just about fairly, when when his man stays down, leaning over him to disburse some gentle invective. There’s a brief huddle, as players from both sides add their thoughts, then we’re back underway with Romero booked.

57 min I wonder what Moyes might do to change this, but hang on a minute, Bowen races down the right and crosses well … but Antonio can’t quite furrow his brow sufficiently to head home, then Benraham recovers possession and tees up Fornals, only for someone, Hojbjerg I think, to slide in and save the day. Then Spurs race down the other and and Son, out on the right, looks to cross for Kane, but Fabianski reads his intention and smothers easily enough.

55 min Spurs are again allowed to play out, and I wonder why that is; West Ham have the athletes to press, and I doubt Eric Dier fancies being double-teamed when trying to pick a pass.

54 min There’s decent tempo and intensity to this, but the quality is still lacking. West Ham need to get Fornals and Benrahma involved, otherwise they’re waiting for a long ball, a mistake or a set-piece.

52 min This is better from Spurs; I wonder if Skipp’s been told to gamble because here he is again, alongside Kane and driving wide from 15 yards, right-hand side of the box. Rice didn’t know what to do there, faced with two men attacking him, and if Spurs are to win here, ganging up on him like that is a good plan.

51 min Now it’s West Ham who attack, Antonio barrelling down the right and just failing to thread a pass into Bowen, arriving alongside him.

49 min Spurs are growing in confidence here, tapping it about at the back trying to draw West Ham onto them, and here they come, Ndombele jinking in midfield to find Moura, and when he goes wide to Reguilon, the first-time cross arrives … but it’s too hard and at too awkward a height for Skipp, who somehow gets ahead of it nevertheless, and West Ham concede a corner.

47 min Hello! Skipp, who’s been quiet, carries the ball into midfield then steps right, changing the focus of the attack and sliding a terrific ball out to Ndombele down the right … and Kane is in the middle! But the cross is a careless one – that’s what was talking about – and Fabianski dives upon it. Though the chance never existed, that was a really good chance nevertheless.

46 min The second half is just getting underway at Brentford too; the home side still trail Leicester 0-1.