Honours even between Tottenham and West Ham
Tottenham missed the chance to overtake Aston Villa in the race for Champions League qualification after settling for a 11 draw at West Ham on Tuesday in the Premier League.
Brennan Johnson had given fifthplace Spurs an ideal start at London Stadium, but that was cancelled out by Kurt Zouma’s leveller in the 19th.
West Ham could have won if Michail Antonio had been more ruthless with a secondhalf chance.
The forward raced through on goal after an hour, but with only Guglielmo Vicario to beat, he fired straight at the Spurs goalkeeper.
Spurs knew a big enough win would have seen it overtake fourthplace Villa on goal difference. And that looked like a possibility when the visitor raced into an early lead after Timo Werner burst past Vladimir Coufal and played in Johnson to convert from close range.
But manager Ange Postecoglou was left frustrated when Jarrod Bowen’s corner was turned in by an unmarked Zouma.
The result left Totten
Rising to the occasion:
West Ham level.
Zouma’s goal in the 17th minute drew
ham two points behind Villa, having played the same number of games.
Newcastle’s push for European football next season was also dented by Dominic CalvertLewin’s late penalty as Everton fought back to earn a 11 draw in the Premier League on Tuesday. Alexander Isak had fired Newcastle ahead in the 15th minute at St James’ Park.
The home team went on to dominate for long periods, but two VAR calls in the second half proved decisive as Everton salvaged a valuable point in its fight to avoid relegation.
First VAR ruled out a goal for Dan Burn, which would have put Newcastle 20 up.
Then it spotted substi
tute Paul Dummett’s foul on Ashley Young in the box. Referee Tony Harrington pointed to the spot after reviewing footage on the sideline monitor.
CalvertLewin, who had come on as a substitute and not scored since Oct. 29, blasted past goalkeeper Martin Dubravka to even the score in the 88th and edge Everton further clear of the drop zone.
The results: Bournemouth 1 (Kluivert 79) bt Crystal Palace 0; Burnley 1 (Bruun Larsen 37) drew with Wolves 1 (Ait Nouri 45+3); Newcastle 1 (Isak 15) drew with Everton 1 (CalvertLewin 88pen); Nottingham Forest 3 (HudsonOdoi 9, Wood 19, GibbsWhite 45+3) bt Fulham 1 (Adarabioyo 49); West Ham 1 (Zouma 19) drew with Tottenham 1 (Johnson 5).