Danny Rose and Harry Kane were on target as Tottenham mounted a
late fightback to draw 2-2 with West Ham in the Premier League.
Harry Kane salvaged a point deep into stoppage time as Tottenham
fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with West Ham in a
dramatic London derby.
Goals from Cheikhou Kouyate and Diafra Sakho looked to have given
West Ham an away victory at the end of a week of frenzied speculation
over manager Sam Allardyce's future.
Allardyce has had to contend with yet more questions over his job
security, with his contract expiring at the end of the season, but the
vastly experienced 60-year-old insisted he is happy to wait until the
end of the campaign to hold talks.
The visitors' display appeared set to give Allardyce the perfect tonic,
only for Danny Rose to reduce the deficit nine minutes from time,
before Kane scored his 24th goal of the season when he followed up
after Adrian saved his penalty in the sixth minute of time added on.
Allardyce masterminded two victories at White Hart Lane last season,
but failed to make it three in a row as West Ham were denied a second
Premier League win in nine games .
Tottenham remain unbeaten at home in the top flight since November,
but the draw is a blow to their hopes of securing a UEFA Champions
League spot.
Mauricio Pochettino made six changes to the Tottenham side that
started Thursday's UEFA Europa League draw against Fiorentina, with
the in-form Kane among the players restored to the starting line-up and
Christian Eriksen dropping to the bench.
West Ham welcomed Winston Reid back from injury at the expense of
Kevin Nolan, who was among the substitutes along with fit-again duo
James Collins and Matt Jarvis.
Tottenham made a bright start and Adrian made an outstanding save
diving to his left to keep out Nabil Bentaleb's rasping long-
range drive five minutes in.
Kane had a great opportunity to opening the scoring when he raced
onto Rose's ball over the top and his finish trickled past Adrian, but
struck the far post.
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