Key events
86 min: Bowen has been quiet in this second half, certainly in comparison with the havoc he wreaked down the right in the first. But now he wins another corner and takes it himself. He delivers well, but Soucek can’t connect properly with a header at the far stick, and it’s a goal kick to Spurs.
84 min: Antonio makes his way down the left but, upon reaching the byline, is only able to cushion a cross into Vicario’s arms.
82 min: Another double Spurs swap. Bissouma makes way for Hojbjerg, while Werner gets out of the way 60 seconds too late, as he’s replaced by Richarlison.
81 min: Porro crosses deep from the right. Sarr storms in from the left, hoping to head home. Werner, of all people, heads the ball away from his orbit. Oh dear. Then the flag goes up for offside anyway, Werner at fault for that too. Had the striker not been there at all, Sarr would most likely have put Spurs in front.
79 min: The London Stadium is super-subdued now. The goalfest that looked certain to materialise after 20 minutes hasn’t happened.
77 min: Johnson jinks his way down the right but only succeeds in floating a harmless cross into the hands of Fabianski.
76 min: Bowen has an opportunity to dribble into the Spurs box from the right, but hesitates, allowing Bissouma to come over, take charge, and usher him out for a goal kick. The air’s gone out of this game a little bit.
74 min: Kudus has the chance to send Antonio clear down the left, but instead steps infield and draws a foul from Johnson, who goes into the book.
73 min: Sarr crosses low from the right. The ball whistles down the corridor of uncertainty. Coufal clears with Werner lurking. Spurs look much the more likely side to find a winner.
72 min: … and Zouma eyebrows it clear.
72 min: Johnson rolls another cross in from the right. Porro takes a fresh-air swipe, six yards out. Spurs come again, and Werner’s effort is deflected out for a corner on the right. Porro to take.
70 min: Spurs make the first changes of the evening. Maddison and Bentancur make way for Kulusevski and Sarr.
69 min: Porro cuts in from the right and scuffs a shot goalwards. Gathered easily by Fabianski.
68 min: Porro’s right-wing cross deflects into the path of Johnson, who controls and sends a fierce shot goalwards. Blocked. Spurs continue to look the more likely in this second half … though it’s Antonio who had the best opportunity to score. Football, eh.
66 min: Kudus does exceptionally well to keep a speculative long punt in play, zipping down the left flank at warp speed … then the flag goes up for offside. All that effort for the square root of eff all, and needlessly expended to boot. The law is an ass.
64 min: Johnson goes haring up the middle of the park. He goes over in the box, but only as the result of a perfectly timed challenge by Emerson. The ball picked off his toe. Anything else and that was a penalty. Spurs come again but Son slices high and wide right.
63 min: Spurs have enjoyed 68 percent of possession to date.
61 min: Bentancur is booked for a challenge on Emerson. This is bubbling away nicely.
60 min: An absurd passage of play! Maddison prepares to shoot from the edge of the D. He’s toppled from behind by Paqueta. Maddison wants a free kick, and probably should get one … but doesn’t. Play goes on. One big hoof upfield, and Antonio is clear! But Van de Ven is fast, and gets ahead of the striker … only to stumble and allow Antonio a free shot on goal. Antonio slaps the ball straight at Vicario, and somehow after all that, it’s still 1-1.
59 min: Spurs are pushing West Ham back. The hosts can’t get out of their final third. At least they’re holding their shape in the middle for now, the visitors unable to fashion a shooting chance from all their current territorial dominance.
57 min: Bowen and Udogie go into high-speed battle down the right touchline. It’s a great match-up, Bowen dribbling hard, Udogie sticking to his side. Eventually Bowen lays off to Paqueta, who sends an effort off target. This is great fun.
55 min: Bissouma lashes a shot wide right from distance. That effort followed some pretty triangles drawn by Johnson, Son and Maddison. Both teams continue to push and pile forward, just has they have done from the get-go.
53 min: Johnson sends a dangerous low ball in from the right. It somehow evades Son in the middle. Spurs keep the attack going, and Maddison has a crack from the edge of the box. He catches it well, but it’s blocked bravely by Coufal. Spurs taking their turn to crank the pressure up.
52 min: Antonio is booked for extending a leg towards Bentancur, in the hope of reaching a loose ball, and standing on his foot. West Ham can have no complaints about the decision, but David Moyes makes one anyway.
51 min: Antonio barges his way down the left and draws a foul from Romero. Ward-Prowse sends a long in-swinger towards Soucek, who can’t keep the ball in play to the right of goal. The pressure on Spurs is released.
50 min: Now Paqueta spins and whistles a rising shot inches wide of the top left. West Ham have started this half brilliantly.
49 min: … Mavropanos heads down and goalwards. Vicario scoops bravely off the line. Antonio should slam home from close range, but takes a fresh-air shot. Spurs clear, then the whistle goes, as Antonio had been impeding the keeper.
48 min: Bentancur ships possession carelessly just outside his own box. Ward-Prowse tees up Antonio, whose powerful curler towards the bottom right is tipped out by Vicario. And from the resulting corner …
47 min: Under no pressure whatsoever, Romero needlessly allows a speculative long ball to hit his arm. Play goes on, but the defender was the last man and well, it’d have been dreadfully soft, but you’ve seen decisions given for less.
46 min: The rain’s stopped again.
West Ham get the second half underway. No changes.
Half-time postbag. “Anyone else get the feeling that James Ward Proust is desperately searching for a remembrance of set-pieces past?” – Brian Withington
“If Zouma does that again, would it be the top flight’s first vertebrace?” – Grant Tennille (in an email headed “Spinal Tap-in”)
Half-time entertainment.
HALF TIME: West Ham United 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
The whistle goes to end an open and entertaining end-to-end first half. It’s started raining again, by the way.
45 min +3: West Ham only half clear the corner, and from the edge of the D, Bentancur sends a curler towards the top right. It’s wide. Not sure Fabianski had that covered.
45 min +2: A second corner leads to a third. Maddison will take this one as well, if there’s time.
45 min +1: Johnson dribbles purposefully down the right and wins a corner off Kudus. Porro’s outswinger is hooked clear by Emerson …. but Spurs come again through Maddison, whose jinky run earns another corner. Maddison will take this one himself.
45 min: … and it’ll come in two minutes.
44 min: Maddison then barges Paqueta to the floor at the next opportunity. Up goes the heat. Then Antonio tries to take a quick throw down the left wing, only for Van de Ven to cheekily flick the ball away. Van de Ven becomes the first player to earn a place in the referee’s notebook. A few tempers suddenly rising. Half time can’t come quickly enough.
43 min: Paqueta barges into Maddison. Shoulder to shoulder, but hard. The referee gives Paqueta a good talking-to. Paqueta offers Maddison a hand of apology. It’s brushed away, to pantomime boos.
42 min: Ward-Prowse curls into a packed mixer. Udogie eyebrows away to the right flank. Coufal sends it back in. Bentancur draws a foul from Paqueta and the pressure that had been building on Spurs is released.
41 min: Yet another West Ham corner … but this time it’ll come in from the left, Kudus having won it. Ward-Prowse to take this one.
40 min: Bowen hits this one long. Under extreme pressure from a few claret shirts, Vicario fingertips away from danger.
39 min: Udogie heads this one clear … but once again Bowen comes again, and once more wins a corner on the right. Here we go.
38 min: Coufal flings a long throw in from the right. Bissouma heads it clear, but Bowen comes back at Spurs down the same flank and wins another corner. He’ll take it himself.
36 min: Bowen is skittled 25 yards from goal by Romero. Another Spurs player who is fortunate not to go into the book. Referee John Brooks doing his best Anthony Taylor impression here. Ward-Prowse takes the free kick, and goes for goal, aiming towards the top-right corner. Vicario tips it away confidently.
34 min: Spurs have enjoyed 91 percent of possession during the last five minutes. The London Stadium is a bit subdued as a result.
33 min: The rain has stopped.
32 min: “The big question for West Ham fans is whether Kurt Zouma meant it? Did he back himself to score there?” Justin Kavanagh with the zinger, because somebody had to make it.
30 min: TNT flash up another instructive stat: Spurs have made 193 passes to West Ham’s 77. Johnson nearly makes it 194 but his ball from the right, sent through the Hammers six-yard box, evades Werner, who doesn’t bother to gamble by making a move, though probably should have.
28 min: Porro sends a vicious cross in from the right. Fabianski punches clear spectacularly, and slightly fortunately, the ball slicing off his fists and away from goal. It wasn’t a clean connection, and the ball could easily have flown the other way and into the net.
27 min: Porro has the chance to release Maddison towards goal, but overhits his pass. Both teams are going for this, hell for leather.
