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West Ham 0-1 Tottenham: Erik Lamela wins it for visitors as Andriy Yarmolenko is taken to hospital

Daily Mail | October 20, 2018

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October has haunted Tottenham in recent years and Mauricio Pochettino is aware of a daunting schedule ahead before the next international break.

With this in mind, Spurs will have been satisfied to survive a spirited second-half display from West Ham and bank three points which keep them in touch with the pace-setters in the Premier League.

Pochettino’s team were not at their most fluent and effective but Erik Lamela headed them into the lead in the 44th minute.

Erik Lamela celebrates breaking the deadlock for Tottenham just 90 seconds before the break at the London Stadium
The Argentine playmaker latched onto a Moussa Sissoko cross to give Spurs a 1-0 lead in the first half
Lamela and Lukasz Fabianski (right) watch as the ball bounces into the net following a tightly-contested first half
Lamela (right) is congratulated by his Spurs team-mates after he broke the deadlock before the interval on Saturday

MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS, LEAGUE TABLE AND MATCH ZONE

WEST HAM: (4-1-4-1) Fabianski 6.

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