Postecoglou period begins in defeat as West Ham beat dominant Spurs
Back in his residence nation, Postecoglou named a robust lineup in Spurs’ opening pre-season fixture, Harry Kane main the road and James Maddison amongst these handed debuts. Jarrod Bowen began for West Ham, with Danny Ings partnering Divin Mubama up entrance.
Tottenham had a lot the higher of the primary half too, however went into the break two targets down, as headers from Danny Ings and Divin Mubama made them pay for some poor set-piece defending.
Cristian Romero, Oliver Skipp, Yves Bissouma and Manor Solomon, spectacular on debut, all had large possibilities for Spurs, however none had been capable of convert in a wasteful exhibiting.
Postecoglou made 11 modifications on the break however the sample was the identical, Spurs persevering with to create possibilities at common intervals. Giovani Lo Celso pulled one again as he volleyed previous Lukasz Fabianski, earlier than Destiny Udogie marked his first look for the membership with an equaliser a few minutes later, flicking a header into the far nook.
At that time, with 20 minutes remaining, a Spurs winner felt nearly inevitable, as they lastly started to make their dominance rely.
But it was on the different finish that the aim got here. Pablo Fornals slide a ball by Tottenham’s excessive line for Gianluca Scamacca, who made no mistake with the end to make it three wins from three for West Ham in pre-season.