'West Ham were better than Manchester United today, and could well end up with a pretty similar season: an overdue trophy in the cabinet, and a place in next season’s Europa League.'
The way these points are being squandered isn’t pretty. Switching off completely at 2-0 and allowing a physically and mentally broken Spurs team to ease their way back into the match. Conceding a daft injury-time penalty at Brighton. A goalkeeping howler here.
However bad that goalkeeping was – and it was very, very bad – questions must also be asked of how Said Benrahma even came to be in position to buy his lottery ticket and scoop the jackpot. He won the ball in midfield and then broke through a couple of challenges every bit as barely there as De Gea’s right glove.
Had Victor Lindelof not inexplicably escaped unscathed from a VAR inspection for a pretty obvious arm-to-ball handball penalty shout late in the first half it could have been worse. West Ham also had a goal disallowed for a Michail Antonio foul on De Gea that felt very much One Of Those Decisions Keepers Get.
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