Cellar dweller West Ham blows late lead
London, England (Sports Network) - West Ham, currently last-placed in the English Premier League Table, suffered a heartbreaking loss to Tottenham Sunday after holding a late lead.
Tottenham scored twice in the final minutes of the game to earn the 4-3 victory after trailing 3-2 in the 89th minute.
Bobby Zamora headed a goal home for the Hammers to give them a 3-2 lead in the 85th minute, and all seemed well at the time.
Dimitar Berbatov curled in a free kick in the 89th minute to equalize before Paul Stalteri knocked in a rebound four minutes into stoppage time to earn the 4-3 win.
Mark Noble and Carlos Tevez put West Ham up 2-0 after the first half before Tottenham came back to tie on goals by Jermain Defoe and Temmu Tainio to make it 2-2.
With the loss, West Ham sits 10 points deep in the relegation zone with 10 contests left to play this season. The dramatic win propels Tottenham into eighth place in the table with twelve wins and 42 points after 29 fixtures.
In the other EPL fixture on Sunday, Blackburn earned a 2-1 victory over Bolton thanks to Benedict McCarthy's double in front of almost 22,000 fans at Reebok Stadium. Nicolas Anelka scored Bolton's lone goal in the 87th minute to wipe out goalkeeper Brad Friedel's clean sheet.
