West Ham 1-0 Tottenham: Michail Antonio winner vaults Hammers into top four after edging a lacklustre Spurs side in oddly tame London derby as Harry Kane puts in another disinterested performance under Nuno Espirito Santo West Ham and Tottenham met in a London derby with both sides aiming to move back into the top four The first-half passed goalless with Harry Kane getting the best chance, his header saved by Lukasz Fabianski Michail Antonio fired the winner, out-muscling Kane and tapping in from an excellent Aaron Cresswell cross Spurs failed to mount much of a challenge to fight for an equaliser, and lost their fourth game this season By Matt Barlow for MailOnline Published: 13:02 BST, 24 October 2021 | Updated: 16:16 BST, 24 October 2021 258 Viewcomments Advertisement Harry Kane had contributed very little and Michael Antonio even less by the time this derby devoid of urgency drifted into the final 20 minutes and settled its focus upon them. West Ham were attacking with a corner and Kane was back to mark Antonio as Aaron Cresswell delivered the cross, there was blur of bodies and the ball evaded everyone and landed at their feet. Antonio proved too strong for Kane, pinned him back, stabbed in his seventh goal of the season from close range and performed another of his extravagant celebration moves. Michail Antonio uncorked one of his crazy celebrations as West Ham won the London derby against Tottenham on Sunday Antonio muscled Harry Kane out of the way to tap in Aaron Cresswell's superb looping cross into the box in the second-half Spurs struggled to muster up the enthusiasm to fight for an equaliser and Kane once again looked to be disinterested And that was it. One vital moment in an otherwise strangely flat contest between unfriendly neighbours was enough to clinch the points. West Ham took the honours and the roar of jubilation at the final whistle told it was all about the result and not about the entertainment value. They move above Spurs, who have now lost four London derbies under Nuno Espiritio Santo and are still far from fluent, with Kane still isolated and forlorn up front. West Ham made an encouraging start and Pablo Fornals forced an early save from Hugo Lloris with an acrobatic volley, before fizzing another effort narrowly wide from the edge of the box. Tomas Soucek skied a decent chance from a similar range and then missed the target when the best chance of the first half came his way. MATCH FACTS AND PLAYER RATINGS West Ham 4-2-3-1: Fabianski 6.5; Johnson 6.5, Zouma 7, Ogbonna 6.5, Cresswell 7.5; Soucek 6.5, Rice 8; Bowen 6.5 (Dawson 90), Benrahma 6 (Lanzini 85), Fornals 7.5; Antonio 6.5. Subs: Areola, Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Noble, Diop, Masuaku, Ashby. Goals: Antonio 72 Bookings: Soucek, Ogbonna, Manager: David Moyes 6.5 Spurs 4-2-3-1: Lloris 6; Royal 5.5, Romero 6, Dier 6, Reguilon 6 (Gil 84); Hojbjerg 6, Skipp 6; Moura 6.5 (Bergwijn 90), Ndombele 5.5 (Lo Celso 84), Son 5.5; Kane 5. Subs: Gollini, Sanchez, Rodon, Alli, Tanganga, Davies Bookings: Romero Manager: Nuno Espirito Santo 5 Ref: Paul Tierney 6 Advertisement The Czech midfielder arrived at the back post and towered above Sergio Reguilon to reach a cross from Fornals only to nod it wide. Tottenham grew into the contest and came to dominate possession for the interval. Son Heung-min was foiled by Lukasz Fabianski after a neat exchange of passes with Lucas Moura. Son sped clear of Angelo Ogbonna but could not beat the West Ham ‘keeper. Not for the first time this season, Kane needed time to impose himself on the game. The England captain had only 17 touches in the first half and only one inside the opposition penalty area, albeit that single touch that nearly gave his team the lead. Reguilon delivered the ball from the left and Kane peeled away to climb above Creswell and head powerfully at goal from close range. It was Tottenham’s best effort of the first half but Fabianski was able to push it over. There was a quicker tempo about the second half, more risks taken and it made for a better spectacle. Still there was little to separate the teams and an absence of clinical finishing. Cristian Romero carried the ball out of defence to launch one counter attack and West Ham seemed at full stretch as he found Kane, with on the right. But the cross in search of Son was easily cut out by Fabianski. This was the pattern of play until the goal which came from a corner won by the excellent Fornals. Cresswell’s delivery was excellent as ever and Antonio clinched the win. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility