West Ham fight back to dump Tottenham out of Carabao Cup

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West Ham came from 2-0 down at half-time to dump London rivals Tottenham out of the Carabao Cup at Wembley.

After a poor first half in which they trailed to shots by Moussa Sissoko and Dele Alli, the Hammers burst into life and overturned the deficit within 15 minutes thanks to two strikes from Andrew Ayew and Angelo Ogbonna’s header.

Sissoko had fired Spurs ahead from close range after just nine minutes before Alli extended their lead with a deflected shot into the far corner.

But a side that made seven changes from Sunday’s Premier League win over Liverpool, and did not feature Harry Kane, looked complacent after the break and it cost them their place in the competition.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic came into the tie under immense pressure to keep his job and his fate looked ominous as Tottenham bossed the first half.

Kane, Hugo Lloris, Serge Aurier and Jan Vertonghen were not in the squad and Christian Eriksen dropped to the bench, but Mauricio Pochettino’s side looked unaffected as they hit their opponents on the counter-attack for Sissoko’s opener.

Alli almost bagged the second when he forced Adrian to save with a back-post header before scoring his second goal in as many games with a curling shot that hit the back of Declan Rice and found the net.

West Ham were abject in the first half but capitalised on a increasing sluggish Spurs side on 55 minutes when Edmilison Fernandes’ shot was parried straight to Ayew who scored from close range.

Ayew went close with a header immediately afterwards and then equalised on the hour-mark from Manuel Lanzini’s low cross into the six-yard box.

And the Hammers ensured victory when Ogbonna steered his header into the bottom corner with 20 minutes remaining.

Tottenham: Vorm; Foyth, Alderweireld, Davies; Trippier, Alli, Dier, Sissoko, Rose (Eriksen 81); Son (N’Koudou 83), Llorente (Dembele 72)
Subs not used: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Winks, Walker-Peters