The victory of West Ham is hardly "a result that defies all logic"

There can not be many teams in the history of the Premier League who have won and lost four consecutive games in a season. There may be even fewer who earned 34.8% of their points in December. And there is only one visitor to have scored in the new Tottenham stadium. West Ham is an enigma hidden in a mystery inside an enigma surrounded by a puzzle locked in an enigma.

Again, they've been here before: no club wants to spoil a party in North London like the Hammers. They inflicted Arsenal's first defeat at Emirates Stadium in April 2007 before repeating the case against a tired and surely distracted Tottenham twelve years later.

But the official report of Arsenal website This 1-0 defeat is a testament to the difference of these games. If it was really "a result that defied all logic" all these years, it was all but. West Ham deserved to beat a tired Tottenham team distracted by an imminent semi-final of the Champions League.

Michail Antonio scored the winner with a superb badist from Marko Arnautovic, but perhaps it would be Felipe Anderson who opened the scoring after a thrilling counter-attack, the excellent Ryan Fredericks opened the scoring with opportunities in early half-time, or Issa Diop separated sides at the end of a raging run of the central defense. West Ham had more shots against Tottenham than Manchester City managed to do in two parts of their recent trilogy against Mauricio Pochettino, and exercised greater control over his hosts than in any of them.

There are extenuating circumstances. The spurs were shorn not only of Harry Kane but also of Jan Vertonghen, Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks, with midfielder Juan Foyth playing at the right back and left back, Danny Rose, used in the middle of the center field. It was their eighth game in 27 days and fatigue is inevitable.

This should not completely excuse a disjointed and prosaic performance, but there should be more credit for visitors than criticizing the hosts. West Ham made the installation of the Spurs and the inspiration of their followers difficult.

Tottenham missed much of his spine – at least one of his first-choice defenders, midfielder and attack was not available – was aggravated by the fact that the West Ham was almost complete.

Lukasz Fabianski was again excellent, making four saves. Diop continues to live up to The praises of José Mourinho. Fabian Balbuena has been quietly effective with him all season. Declan Rice has kept them diligently and brilliantly. Mark Noble and Robert Snodgrbad had the most unlikely success as a hard-working partnership between the center and the midfield. Marko Arnautovic has cleared one of these nails this casket.

After a first half familiar and disappointing, the Austrian returned to life in the second. A lavish touch to pick a Fabianski clearance from the sky deserved a better subsequent effort, before his superb pbad came out of Toby Alderweireld's head and let Davinson Sanchez pursue Antonio's shadow. The finish was just as sublime.

That means little in the broader picture of this season. West Ham now has 12 points ahead of Crystal Palace, with an almost unbadailable gap of five points on 7 points. The relegation fights under Slaven Bilic and David Moyes seem to be a day-to-day life compared to Manuel Pellegrini's serene security: they already have more points this season than in the last two.

But while West Ham will always retain this essence of ridicule, a first away win at the "Big Six" since September 2015 is a sure sign of sustainable progress. Finally, they have solid and reliable foundations in terms of management and staff; the quiet construction must continue this summer.

Matt Stead