Back then Pochettino could rely on fortress White Hart Lane to back him up with the points required to make a genuine push for a first Premier League title for him and the club. Then the vast majority of players will then leave the club for the global break. West Ham have a few injury woes as well, with Pedro Obiang, Manuel Lanzini, James Collins, and Edimilson Fernandes representing a fair amount of their depth in midfield and defense.
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West Ham will likely face a series of changes from their last league outing.
Mauricio Pochettino has challenged Eric Dier to prove he is indispensable in one position if he wants to avoid being used as both a defender and midfielder at Tottenham. However, left-back Ben Davies has recovered from an ankle issue and is pushing for a spot in the starting XI.
Spurs rested a number of key players in their Carabao Cup victory over Barnsley midweek, including Harry Kane and Cristian Eriksen. He said: “Okay, he is not playing closest to opponents goal but then we are playing with those three strikers, he is not playing wide”. Both squads will need to be careful to keep their emotions in check.
Reports claimed that he had just one match to save his job following three consecutive defeats to open up the new Premier League season, but West Ham now head into today’s tie having lost just one of their last five outings across all competitions. In the championship West Ham the last game was drawn 0-0, and before that, and at all in his field, Huddersfield defeated 2-0.
Tottenham are looking to win their opening three away games in a top flight campaign for the first time since 1991-92.
Tottenham’s away form has been good of late, though.
Will Chicharito break his duck against Spurs? Kane has scored braces in two of his last five appearances against West Ham.
This threatened to be a painful afternoon for Slaven Bilic when West Ham trailed their rivals 3-0 after an hour but a rousing finish, aided by the erratic Aurier, may have spared the Croatian some particularly hard questions about his job.
“Spurs troubles at the national stadium have been well documented, perhaps it would have been a bit easier for West Ham?”. The Mexico worldwide will also have to break his duck against Tottenham if he is to lead his side to a popular win.
Just four minutes later the lead was doubled as Alli once more got in behind the West Ham defence.
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The 28-year-old is in line to start his third Premier League match in a row when the Hammers welcome Tottenham to the London Stadium in Saturday’s early kick-off.
