At the start of the week, you probably wouldn’t have thought that West Ham United-Tottenham Hotspur, a game between the 14th- and 16th-placed teams going into the weekend, would wind up overshadowing the big Manchester City-Chelsea showdown for third place. But that’s what it did, thanks to Tottenham’s stunning firing of Mauricio Pochettino and even more surprising hiring of Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho’s new charges ran out to a 3-0 lead at the Hammers, before hanging on for a narrow 3-2 victory, Spurs’ first league win in almost two months. The three points vaulted Tottenham five places up the standings to ninth.