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Publication date: Sunday, October 18, 2020 6:32
Manuel Lanzini stole the headlines with an impressive last-gasp shot that completed an unlikely comeback for West Ham.
West Ham ruined Gareth Bale’s return to Tottenham as he scored three goals in the final eight minutes to steal a 3-3 draw in North London.
The Hammers were dead and buried after the Spurs took a 3-0 lead after just 16 minutes when Son Heung-min’s first goal after 45 seconds and Harry Kane’s double put them in full control.
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– Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 18, 2020
They were still leading 3-0 when Bale came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute, but it all went wrong in the end when Manuel Lanzini’s impressive stoppage time goal completed a comeback started by Fabián Balbuena and an own goal by Davinson Sánchez. .
The result will leave José Mourinho completely ill as they squandered two points for a second straight home game and left them unable to prevail in the Premier League opening table.
For West Ham, the comeback continued with a promising start to the campaign after good victories over Wolves and Leicester.
It was a devastating finish for the Spurs, who got off to an equally dramatic start, sweeping away their opponents.
It took them less than a minute to move on, as Kane played the orchestrator with a perfect long ball for Son, who cut in from the left and huddled in the bottom corner.
It was the South Korean league’s sixth goal of the season and Kane had scored five of them.
Son returned the favor seven minutes later when he found Kane, who beat up Declan Rice and fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
This meant that the pair had combined to score seven goals in the first five league games.
Mourinho’s men were rampant and Kane scored his fifth league goal of the campaign after completing a fine play by heading Sergio Reguilon’s cross.
The Hammers, shocked by the start, at least stopped the tide as the first half progressed, although Lukasz Fabianski thanked them for going 4-0 down as the goalkeeper did well to block Son’s close-range effort.
Kane showed just how good a versatile player he is, as at the halftime break he made a forceful contribution at the other end when he lunged in front of Vladimir Coufal’s goal shot, earning him a celebratory handshake from Mourinho.
West Ham started the second half well and should have cut their delays, but Pablo Fornals missed a babysitter, somehow leading Michail Antonio’s deflected shot just two yards away.
The Spurs were unable to recreate the enthusiasm of their brilliant start, but it still seemed more likely that he would join the scoreboard, with Fabianski going down to deny Kane a hat-trick.
Mourinho finally gave Spurs fans what they had been waiting for 2,710 days in the 72nd minute: Bale back onto the field in the white jersey and looked at a dream comeback, but his ambitious first-touch free kick was easy for the Hammers. guardian.
Kane was desperate to claim a second hat-trick of the season and was denied it by the post when he launched an effort from the edge of the area.
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– West Ham United (@WestHam) October 18, 2020
Then came West Ham’s response as Balbuena headed home with an 82-minute free kick from Aaron Cresswell to give them hope, which escalated three minutes later when Sanchez headed a Coufal cross into his own net.
Bale had a chance to steal the headlines as he made his way into the area, but somehow got his shot wide after doing all the hard work.
In the end, that turned out to be a costly miss as West Ham stole a tie with practically the last kick.
The Spurs were unable to clear another free throw and Lanzini hit a 20-yard shot into the top corner to set off chaotic scenes of celebration.
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