Tottenham Hotspur played their first cup final since winning the Europa League this past spring, heading to the London Stadium to play West Ham, the first London Derby of the season. And while it took a little while for things to get going, Spurs eventually got the rub of the green. After a frustrating first half that saw the match officials wave off what looked like a legitimate headed goal by Cuti Romero and another penalty shout a few minutes later, Spurs opened the scoring thanks to a wide open back post header from Pape “Prime Minister” Sarr at the start of the second half.
West Ham’s Tomas Soucek was sent off with a straight red card after an extremely late and high challenge on Palhinha, and the match turned immediately afterwards. Tottenham ran riot from that point on, adding second half goals from Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven en route to a comprehensive 3-0 mauling of their London rivals.
It’s a big win, but there’s also a lot to talk about, especially from the first half which was contentious and at time frustrating. Here are my match notes.
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