West Ham help Spurs find new way to suffer in the gloom factory that they call home

High Road hosts : Picture by @YTJourno

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur (0 1 Romero 64

West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 15, Wilson 90+3

Can they take much more of this? Spurs fans did not hold back at the final whistle. The boos and catcalls underlined the derision. It's now six home defeats in the league and still only two home wins.

And all this against a West Ham side apparently marooned in the bottom three and certs for relegation.

The Irons were well worth their win and their fans would have loved it even more for the fact it was sealed by a sub deep into injury time - the forgotten man Callum Wilson.

Spurs were poor. Bereft of ideas and only occasionally dangerous. It just goes from bad to worse for them and it is going to need a big pep talk from their under-pressure boss to raise spirits for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Dortmund.

With the damning stats piling up in the negatives corner, this was one Thomas Frank dared not lose.

One solitary win in seven games - that patchy 1-0 at Crystal Palace - and only two measly home wins in the league all season. They are in danger of making Ange Postecoglou's team look like champions.

Surely they would not prove to be Dr Tottenham again to the even sicker patient from just down the road at the London Stadium? It was 10 league games without a win for the Hammers since those back to back wins against Newcastle and Burnley in early November.

There was an early opportunity for Conor Gallagher to prove his toughness on his debut following a £35m move from Atletico, when a clash of heads with Pablo forced him to receive attention. He soon shrugged it off to re-enter the fray. But this was not about to be a memorable debut for the combative midfielder.

Mathys Tel ballooned a great early chance over the bar, Taty Castellanos was booked for waving an imaginary card, then gave a hint of the more positive aspects of his game with a shot on the turn that did not miss by much.

The Hammers then stunned Frank's men by going in front when Crysencio Summerville's shot from outside the box flew past Guglielmo Vicario with the aid of a wicked deflection - the home side's pain compounded by an injury to Ben Davies that saw the Welshman stretchered off.

His replacement Djed Spence almost converted from close range after Alphonse Areola had parried a Wilson Odobert header and Tel fired just past the angle of post and bar as Spurs responded.

There was more trouble for the Spurs defence to come though. Jarrod Bowen had the ball in the net following up a saved shot but was flagged offside. Konstantinos Mavrapanos arrowed in a header that Vicario had to stretch to keep out.

Spurs struggled without the presence of Richarlison up front, the Brazilian sidelined by a hamstring injury, but Dom Solanke came on to give home fans greater hope.

For a while, the Hammers continued to look the more dangerous side, with Pablo's scissor kick going just over and Micky van de Ven needing to execute a last-ditch tackle to deny a marauding Summerville. Later, Castellanos flashed a near-post volley inches wide.

But Spurs were about to get a lift. Sub Yves Bissouma came close with a blistering first-time hit that Areola kept out with a big leap to his left and in the next move, Cristian Romero timed his run into the box perfectly to meet the cross of Pedro Porro with a thumping header into the net for a real captain's strike.

Was this the prompt for the home side to go and fine that elusive home win? Xavi Simons almost squeezed a low shot past Areola low to the keeper's right, but was denied by a fine save. It looked like the game was there to be won now.

But if home fans thought they might see their side edge home, they were to be rudely denied. More hurt was on the way in the unlikely shape of Wilson.

The striker came off the bench with only minutes remaining and almost scored immediately. Porro blocked his shot to force a corner and from it, Wilson was in just the right spot to poke home from less than a yard in the dying seconds.

"Sacked in the morning!" sang disgruntled home fans at beleaguered Frank. "Tottenham Hotspur, it's happened again!" crowed the visitors' section. Beating Spurs always feels special to them. This one, given the circumstances, will feel as sweet as any.

And that goes for Nuno Espirito Santo too. He will know exactly how Frank is feeling having experienced the same sense of helplessness in the Spurs dugout a few years ago. It can be a cruel business.

Spurs: (4-2-3-1) Vicario - Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Davies (Spence 20) - Gray (Bissouma h/t), Gallagher - Odobert (Bergvall 90), Simons, Tel (Solanke 62) - Kolo Muani

Hammers: (4-2-3-1) Areola - Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Todibo, Scarles - Soucek, Matheus Fernandes (Kilman 95) - Bowen, Pablo (Rodriguez 79), Summerville - Castellanos (Wilson 90)

Attendance: 60,857