LONDON -- Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino refused to blame Serge Aurier for his sending off in Saturday's 3-2 win at West Ham but admitted Spurs were dominated by the Hammers after going down to 10 men.
Right wing-back Aurier, making his full Premier League debut, was sent off 20 minutes from time after being shown a second yellow card for a tackle from behind on Andy Carroll, and he is the first Spurs player to be shown a red card in a league game since Vlad Chiriches against Stoke in May 2015, 868 days ago.
Spurs were leading 3-1 at the time after a first-half double from Harry Kane and second half goals from Christian Eriksen and Javier Hernandez, but West Ham made it a nervy finish after Cheikhou Kouyate's thumping header on 86 minutes.