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Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United as it happened
Ange Postecoglou returned to Australia for his first game in charge of the Spurs, taking on West Ham United in a pre-season friendly at Optus Stadium.
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Goodnight from us

As Ange and David Moyes share a few words on the pitch and players exchange jerseys, we’re going to sign off.

Your humble correspondent needs to get ready for the post-match press conferences and mixed zone where we’ll hear from Ange and some Spurs players on tonight’s match.

Keep your eyes peeled for more from me later on - and our Women’s World Cup coverage over the next month. I’ll be back in Sydney tomorrow in time for the Matildas’ presser. Looking forward to bringing that to you, too.

Thanks for joining us. Good night, folks.

FULL-TIME - West Ham win 3-2

That’s all she wrote.

The final whistle has blown here in Perth, and West Ham United have run out 3-2 winners over their London rivals.

A mixed start for Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham Hotspur, but if you can’t see the incredible attacking intent and the huge potential that it hints at, you’re not looking properly.

If you also can’t see why they’re in the market for at least one new defender, the same applies.

Spurs are peppering the goals again

Regular service has resumed in the second half - that is, Tottenham are getting in good areas constantly without the end product their play deserves.

It looks like they’re going to lose this but Spurs fans who look at the scoreboard and not the football will be missing the forest for the trees.

One minute of regulation time left, but Postecoglou’s men continue to knock on the door.

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The Hammers strike back... it’s 3-2

This sport, sometimes.

In a flash, West Ham have re-taken the lead. A bad turnover in the middle of the pitch, one simple through ball to Gianluca Scamacca, and he surges into the box and does what so many other Tottenham players haven’t done tonight - finished it off.

It’s now 3-2 to West Ham and there’s just a tick over 10 minutes left to play.

And there’s the second!

Just like that, it’s all square!

The second goal for Tottenham has come in the 71st minute, from a Perisic corner, and it’s been headed home by Iyenoma Udogie, who’s just deftly flicked it over his head, glancing it inside the post.

Tottenham have drawn level, it’s 2-2, and with 20 minutes still to play, you’d fancy them to find a winner.

Finally - Tottenham score!

You can’t say it hasn’t been coming.

The first goal of the Ange Postecoglou era has arrived in the 69th minute. Nice.

Simple stuff - cross from the right from Perisic, headed down by Sanchez and then smacked on the volley by Lo Celso. Nothing Fabianski can do about that.

It’s now 2-1 to West Ham, and I can also report that the rain is absolutely sheeting down here in Perth.

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You guessed it...

...another excellent chance to Richarlison is blocked and diverted away from the target.

This second half has been all Tottenham.

They’re 2-0 down still after 65 minutes. And we’ve just received word of the crowd - there’s 46,266 in the house tonight.

Here’s those West Ham changesRicharlison hits the post!

This is getting ridiculous.

A lovely ball from Lo Celso threads through the West Ham defence and finds Richarlison, who peels away, swings a boot at it ... and it clatters off the outside of the right post and out of play.

Another big let-off for the Hammers, who just made a few subs as well - details of those coming in a few moments.

So far, it’s been a bright start to the half for this completely different Spurs XI. But the scoreboard reads 2-0 to West Ham.

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Spurs made 11 changes at the break

I told you it was a different looking team!

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