It was the chant that had simmered for many weeks and there was an inevitability when it was belted out by the Tottenham support at the very last. “Sacked in the morning,” they yelled at Thomas Frank, the frustration unbearable. They have seen enough. In their opinion, the manager has to go.
Whether the club’s board agree is unclear. They know the problems that Frank has faced and continues to face during a season of turmoil and transition. The acid test of nerve is upon them.
It was the West Ham substitute Callum Wilson who took a match to the tinderbox of emotions in the third minute of stoppage time. The striker had just been kept out by a last-ditch Pedro Porro block. But when Oliver Scarles dropped over the corner and the Spurs goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario, was boxed in, lacking the strength to make his presence felt, the ball broke for Wilson and he shot home.
What a result this was for Nuno Espírito Santo and his relegation-threatened West Ham team. Their first Premier League win in 11 matches represented hope and was deserved, certainly on the back of an excellent first-half performance, the high point being Crysencio Summerville’s goal. It was the best period of football under Nuno.
