Soccer-Spurs held by Saints as West Ham bounce back

Antonio Conte became the first manager to go unbeaten in his first seven league games in charge of Spurs but he was left disappointed with a solitary point. James Ward-Prowse gave the Saints a deserved lead midway through the first half, but the home side found themselves down a man after Mohammed Salisu tripped Heung-min Son to concede a penalty and pick up a second yellow before the break.

Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 1-1 draw at 10-man Southampton on Tuesday while West Ham United moved above them into fifth place after an impressive 4-1 victory at Watford in the Premier League.

Bottom club Norwich City's troubles continued with a 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace while Leicester City host second-placed Liverpool later on Tuesday. Antonio Conte became the first manager to go unbeaten in his first seven league games in charge of Spurs but he was left disappointed with a solitary point.

James Ward-Prowse gave the Saints a deserved lead midway through the first half, but the home side found themselves down a man after Mohammed Salisu tripped Heung-min Son to concede a penalty and pick up a second yellow before the break. Harry Kane converted the spot kick, and the England captain had a superbly taken second ruled out for a narrow offside in the second half.

"We have to be disappointed because you have to exploit the situation against 10 men," said Conte. "To play after 44 hours is not easy because you need to recover from the last game. Maybe the fatigue caused bad decisions especially when we arrived in their box," he added.

West Ham hadn't won in three league games and Watford went into the clash after seeing their last two games postponed due to COVID-19 cases. The Hornets got off to the perfect start when Emmanuel Dennis fired them into a fourth minute lead with a fine left-foot effort from the edge of the box.

But West Ham responded superbly and drew level in the 27th minute with a first-time drive from Tomas Soucek who connected with a fine pass from Jarrod Bowen. Two minutes later, Said Benrahma put the visitors ahead, drilling home after Michail Antonio had cut in from the left and slipped the ball into the Algerian's path.

The impressive Bowen had an effort ruled out by VAR but the Hammers did double their advantage through a Mark Noble penalty and substitute Nikola Vlasic completed the rout, slotting home after more good work from Bowen. Frenchman Odsonne Edouard scored one and created two for Palace as they easily dealt with Dean Smith's Norwich at Selhurst Park.

The former Celtic forward opened the scoring with a sixth minute penalty and then set up Jean-Philippe Mateta for the second. It was 3-0 shortly before the break when Edouard danced into the box through a crowd before the ball fell to Jeffrey Schlupp, who smashed home.

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