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title: "Tottenham: Emerson Royal, Son and Moura struggle vs West Ham"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-spurs-sergio-reguilon-lucas-mouras-heung-min-son-west-ham-nuno-espirito-santo/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-10-25T11:45:16Z"
modified: "2021-10-25T11:45:16Z"
---

# Tottenham: Emerson Royal, Son and Moura struggle vs West Ham

**Emerson Royal, Son Heung-min and Lucas Moura all struggled for Tottenham against West Ham United on Sunday as the Irons prevailed 1-0.**

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were facing a London rival and early on they showed signs of promise. However, in the second half they [failed to even register a single shot](https://www.sofascore.com/west-ham-united-tottenham/IM) and ultimately succumbed to a Michail Antonio strike.

Here, we take a look at Spurs’ three worst players statistically on the day, according to [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/west-ham-united-tottenham/IM) rankings.

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### **Emerson Royal**

The right-back featured for the full game at the London Stadium but he lost [seven](https://www.sofascore.com/west-ham-united-tottenham/IM) of his 15 duels and lost possession of the ball 13 times throughout his time on the pitch. He was also dribbled past four times by opponents on Sunday, a damning indictment of his defensive performance.

### **Son Heung-min**

The South Korea international is usually one of Spurs’ best players but he did not enjoy himself at the London Stadium. He [failed to win any](https://www.sofascore.com/west-ham-united-tottenham/IM) of his six duels, lost possession of the ball 13 times and failed to land a single one of his six crosses. When the former Bayer Leverkusen man does not perform, Spurs are a weaker team, and that was the case against the Irons.

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### **Lucas Moura**

Moura was also disappointing against David Moyes’ side. He won [eight](https://www.sofascore.com/west-ham-united-tottenham/IM) of his 16 duels but lost possession more often (25 times) than any of his teammates, while he completed an underwhelming 71% of his attempted passes. He must do better if he is to convince Nuno that he is worthy of a place in the starting XI.

***In other news, [this man wants to leave Tottenham](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-spurs-tanguy-ndombele-real-madrid-daniel-levy/)***