West Ham sink Wolves to climb out of relegation zone as Spurs slip into bottom three
West Ham's Valentin Castellanos (R) celebrates scoring against Wolves (Ben STANSALL) West Ham climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a 4-0 win against Wolves on Friday that dumped Tottenham into the bottom three. Nuno Espirito Santo's side took the lead through Konstantinos Mavropanos' first-half header at the London Stadium. Valentin Castellanos netted twice in the second-half to ensure fourth-bottom West Ham, who started the evening in the relegation zone, moved two points above third-bottom Tottenham.
Mavropanos completed the rout with his second goal in the closing stages in an ironic twist as the former Arsenal defender helped to push his old club's bitter rivals closer to the drop. It is the first time Tottenham have been in the bottom three at the end of a Premier League match-day since August 2015, when they lost 1-0 to Manchester United. Tottenham can climb back out of the relegation zone if they win at Sunderland in Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge on Sunday.
The north Londoners have seven games to save themselves from playing in the second tier for the first time since 1977-78. Beaten on penalties by Leeds in the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend, West Ham bounced back with a vital victory in their own fight for survival. "All of us deserve this kind of evening, especially our fans.
London Stadium today was amazing, bouncing with energy," Nuno said. "The first half was tough. We didn't find spaces, the game didn't flow.
Then after the break we really improved. "The way we did it proved to ourselves that we cannot give up. That was the team spirit from the beginning.