Tottenham vs West Ham highlights as Lo Celso and Udogie score in ...

18 Jul 2023

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Tottenham's first pre-season friendly of the summer against West Ham.

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Now in Australia on the first leg of their summer tour, Ange Postecoglou will take charge of the Lilywhites for the very first time after taking on the Spurs hotseat at the start of June.

Brought to the club as Tottenham look to get back to play the attacking and entertaining football the club is known for, all eyes will be on Postecoglou's team to see how exactly they fare against the Hammers.

New signings Guglielmo Vicario, James Maddison and Manor Solomon could all feature, with players such as Sergio Reguilon, Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso set to get a second chance under the Australian following their time away from the club on loan last campaign.

Whereas this will be Tottenham's first game of pre-season, West Ham have already played twice having beaten Boreham Wood 4-1 and Perth Glory 6-2 in the past eight days.

Tottenham correspondents Alasdair Gold and Rob Guest are covering the match with all the build-up and the action as it happens on the pitch and reaction from the supporters and media.

Scroll down for all of our latest updates from Optus Stadium.

Key Events

GOAL12:47

Udogie scores12:39

Lo Celso scores12:36

GOAL11:33

GOAL11:27

13:51Alasdair Gold

Postecoglou on whether we started to see some of his football

Yeah I think so. From my perspective that's what we were looking for tonight. We've obviously been working really hard in training and I didn't expect the lads to be super sharp because this is the stage where you're getting your conditioning but we have been working on stuff.

We want to see some of that out there and I think in both halves there was a real willingness from the boys to try to put in place the stuff we've been working on. At times it looked good but we're still very much in the infancy of trying to establish the way we want to play and our structures.

For me the key thing is are they trying out there to implement it and for the most part it was really good.

13:04Rob Guest

Full-time

Tottenham end up on the losing side with West Ham winning the game 3-2.

12:57Rob Guest

Added time

Four minutes added on.

12:55Alasdair Gold

Sanchez shot

Devine again showing good awareness to pick out Sanchez but his shot is straight at the keeper.

12:52Alasdair Gold

Richarlison header

Devine, who has been bright, curls in a cross which is flicked on to Richarlison but he heads it down and into the keeper's arms.

12:52Rob Guest

West Ham subs

Luizao and Earthy on for Zouma and Bowen.

12:47KEY EVENT

GOAL

It's now 3-2 to West Ham as Scamacca is put through on goal by Fornals and he finishes calmly.

The Hammers have barely threatened in the second half but they now find themselves ahead once again.

12:39KEY EVENT

Udogie scores

Spurs quickly score a second goal. Destiny Udogie flicks a lovely header over the keeper from Perisic's corner. 2-2.

12:36KEY EVENT

Lo Celso scores

Alfie Devine's shot is pushed behind. Perisic whips the ball in and Sanchez's header finds Lo Celso who volleys home. Finally Spurs put one of their many chances home.

12:34Alasdair Gold

More chances

Another chance as Lo Celso tees up Richarlison and his low effort is deflected wide. Soon after the Argentine has a back heel effort blocked. So many chances created with nobody able to finish.

12:28Alasdair Gold

Header

Yet another Spurs effort as Perisic curls in a cross that Richarlison heads over.

12:27Alasdair Gold

Woodwork

Another chance for Spurs as Lo Celso plays a through ball into the path of Richarlison but his shot hits the outside of the right-hand post.

12:25Rob Guest

West Ham subs

Scamacca and Swyer replaces Ings and Mubama.

12:18Alasdair Gold

Another Tottenham chance

A lovely bit of play from Spurs with quick passing before Sarr teed the ball up for Emerson who volleyed over.

12:14Alasdair Gold

11 changes for Spurs

It's all change and there's an early chance for Spurs as Richarlison gets it across but Perisic can't quite get it on target under pressure.

12:04Alasdair Gold

Here are our first half Spurs player ratings

Manor Solomon is put under pressure by Jarrod Bowen during Tottenham vs West Ham in Perth, Australia (Image: (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images))

You can find our Spurs player ratings from that first half by heading right here.

11:55Rob Guest

Half-time

West Ham lead 2-0 at the break.

11:52Alasdair Gold

Another Tottenham opportunity

Spurs are playing some lovely football. Kulusevski plays in Reguilon who lays it off to Solomon but his effort is saved. He seemed to be taken out after his shot but nothing given.

11:50Alasdair Gold

More Spurs chances

More Spurs chances. Kulusevski finds Tanganga who fires across the six yard box. Kane powers it back across but Romero can't poke it home.

11:47Alasdair Gold

Bissouma effort

That would have been such a good goal. Bissouma played the ball to Skipp, who backheeled it and Kane dummied it for Bissouma to run on but his shot was deflected wide by the keeper.

11:45Alasdair Gold

Tottenham chance

Swift move from Spurs all the way from the back which ends with Maddison finding Solomon and he cuts inside and curls a shot that Fabianski pushes out. Soon after Maddison has a header saved from a Porro cross.

11:41Rob Guest

In action

Manor Solomon in action for Tottenham during the pre-season game against West Ham.

Manor Solomon is put under pressure by Jarrod Bowen during Tottenham vs West Ham in Perth, Australia (Image: (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images))

11:33KEY EVENT

GOAL

Mubama doubles the lead for West Ham as he heads home unmarked from a short corner.

Spurs were completely asleep and the striker expertly converted Emerson's cross.

11:27KEY EVENT

GOAL

West Ham take the lead through Danny Ings.

The frontman is in plenty of space at the back post to nod home Jarrod Bowen's cross from the right.

11:25Rob Guest

Bowen chance

Bowen gets the better of Reguilon but his shot is blocked by Tanganga.

11:18Rob Guest

West Ham chance

First opening on goal for West Ham but Tanganga is on hand to stop Mubama's effort from testing Vicario.

11:18Alasdair Gold

Tottenham again

Another Spurs chance as Solomon finds the run of Kulusevski but his shot is saved by the keeper.

11:15Alasdair Gold

Spurs chance

First chance falls to Spurs as Reguilon plays in Solomon who puts the ball into the run of Skipp. He takes a touch on the move and his shot is saved by Fabianksi.

11:09Alasdair Gold

You can see Postecoglou's influence

You can already see the Postecoglou instructions. Bissouma split the centre-backs to get the ball and Reguilon comes right inside into centre-midfield.

11:07Rob Guest

Peep

We're underway at Optus Stadium in Perth!

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