West Ham unlucky not to take all three points against Spurs

West Ham 1-1 Spurs A hard fought contest between West Ham and Tottenham ended with honours even at the London Stadium West Ham were on the front foot from the kick off, playing a high line that stopped Tottenham playing their usual free flowing football. It looked as though Tottenham were set to take the lead when after 10 minutes, referee Peter Bankes ruled that Aaron Cresswell had deliberately handled a header from Harry Kane. But after a VAR check the penalty decision was overuled. West Ham then nearly took the lead, when Declan Rice thundered in a shot but Hugo Lloris pushed the effort away. Another West Ham move saw Said Benrahma put Michail Antonio away but the big striker saw his effort rocket back off the post. On the half hour, Tottenham's renowned counter attacking ability saw Dejan Kulusevski break away, with Harry Kane on the overlap. The England striker slid the ball across the area, where Thilo Kehrer, trying to clear, put the ball into his own net. The home team were quickly back on level terms at the start of the second half, when Antonio flicked on a throw from Vladimir Coufal, for the incoming Tomas Soucek to crash home. The end to end encounter saw Jarrod Bowen fire wide, whilst a Davinson Sanchez overhead, similarly went wide of the post. Pablo Formals should have done better getting on the end of a nicely worked move, involving Rice and Bowen. But the Spaniard skied his effort. Another chance saw a complete misunderstanding between new signings Luis Paqueta and Emerson resulting in neither taking the chance in front of goal from a Bowen cross The final chance came in a scramble on the goal line, which saw Bowen's effort go agonisingly along the line. Both managers agreed the penalty decision was the turning point. West Ham's David Moyes felt the decision gave his side a foothold and they much better from then on in. The manager was pleased with what he saw against Spurs and with the win against Villa on Sunday. "We are trying to build a new side, a new team," said Moyes . Antonio Conti thought the referee got the penalty decision right and VAR embarssed him by making him by overuling. The Tottenham boss went onto criticise the inconsistency of VAR. "I'm really disappointed, the people behind the monitor need to pay more attention," said Conti.