In the 9th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur played West Ham's league, and both sides had European assignments in the middle of the week, but Tottenham still chose to ignore the cup and focus on the league and let the substitute players play Vitesse, while the main players stayed on the weekend to prepare.
But Nunosanto's side didn't get their hopes of a three-point victory at the London Bowl – The Hammers' Antonio scored a goal in the second half to take the game away, and Spurs lost all of them against their London opponents in their fourth game of the season.
However, the Hammers are strong this season, not only because they have the experience of veteran Antonio, although the former pool lifeguard has scored 6 goals this season, but the recent rise of the Hammers has to mention the team's defensive zuma's amazing efforts.
Although he had 22 starters last season, and was also a good substitute for the likes of Silva and Christensen in the Blues' three-centre-back system, not to mention that he is only 26 years old this year and his form is still on the rise, chelsea still sent Zuma away in the summer window, and now watching Zuma break out at West Ham, will the Blues regret it a little?
Unused, he gradually regained his desire to fight in the Hammer Gang, Zuma had 2 successful shovels, 26 clearances, 6 blocks and 7 successful interceptions in the first battle against Tottenham, and the outstanding performance can be seen from Son Heung-min's repeated look at the ball and sigh. After his successful attempts to block Tottenham's performances, he also pushed his teammate and goal-scoring hero Antonio to become the Hammers' best player of the game.
This was clearly not Zuma's inspiration, and in the mid-month game against Everton, Zuma also blocked a shot from Gray in the second half to help the team keep the three points of victory.