Draw Against West Ham In London Derby, Tottenham Hotspur Failed To Top Four

West Ham United's match against Tottenham Hotspur ended in a 1-1 draw. (X/@SpursOfficial)

Tottenham Hotspur failed to take advantage of the top four after drawing 1-1 against West Ham United in the London Derby in the English Premier League competition at London Stadium, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in the morning WIB.

Tottenham have failed to be consistent. After playing impressively in a 2-1 win over Luton Town, the North London club then drew when they played an away match against West Ham.

This result made Tottenham fail to shift Aston Villa as well as into the Champions League zone. Tottenham remain in fifth place with 57 points, two points behind Villa, fourth-placed.

Both teams have played 30 matches. Even though Villa will still play the match against the host Manchester City, Thursday, April 3, 2024 in the morning WIB.

If able to steal points at home to Man City, then The Villans will stay away from Tottenham's pursuit.

Meanwhile, West Ham remains in seventh position in the standings and has the opportunity to qualify for European competitions.

At least West Ham, who have 45 points from 31 matches, hopes to return to compete in Europe's Conference League or Europe's third caste.

In that match, Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou made changes by deploying Micky van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur, andria Johnson as a starter.

West Ham himself lost the first goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola, who was injured. Areola's position was replaced by Lukasz Fabianski.

Thus, there are not many changes made by manager David Moyes to the Hammers squad.

However, they managed to take the initiative to attack. However, West Ham's attack always ran aground.

The defense of The Lilywhites, which was held by Van de Ven, made it difficult for the East London club to break into the opponent's goal.

On the other hand, Tottenham had already surprised the opponent in the early minutes of the match. When the game had only been running for five minutes, Johnson managed to score with a close-range shot. He met Timo Werner's cross to beat Fabianski.

Winning 1-0 made Tottenham even more enthusiastic about suppressing the opponent's defense. They looked dangerous in a counterattack that forced West Ham to work hard.

Pedro Porro's shot was still slightly off the mark. Furthermore, captain Son Heung-min almost scored with a left foot kick.

But when the visitors put pressure on, West Ham even managed to equalize. Kurt Zouma's goal came in for Jarrod Bowen's corner in the 19th minute.

From that corner, Zouma's ball failed to be prevented by goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario. The score changed to 1-1.

After that goal, West Ham turned to pressure Tottenham. They almost added to the goal if James Ward-Prowse's free kick was not denied by Vicario.

West Ham had several chances through a corner before the break. It's just that their attacks always run aground so that the draw lasted until halftime.

In the second half, West Ham continued to play at a high tempo. Their counter-attack almost broke into Tottenham's goal.

However, Michail Antonio's strike, who managed to escape from Van de Ven's escort, could still be thwarted by Vicario.

In the end there is no good chance that can be converted into goals from both teams. Tottenham did have one chance through defender Destiny Udogie in injury time.

However, his shot was parried by goalkeeper Fabianski. The 1-1 score lasted until the end of the match.