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West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur. Premier League Asia Trophy Semi-Final.

Beijing Workers' StadiumAttendance10,005.

Defoe strike sinks Hammers

Image: Defoe: Spurs match-winner

Tottenham produced an impressive performance to beat West Ham 1-0 in the first game of the Asia Trophy.

Boa Morte injury overshadows result

Tottenham produced an impressive performance to beat West Ham 1-0 in the first game of the Premier League Asia Trophy. Spurs dominated throughout and could have won far more convincingly if their finishing had been better, with the only goal of the game coming deep into the second half when Robert Green failed to make a routine save from Jermain Defoe. The result was overshadowed by West Ham midfielder Luis Boa Morte suffering a suspected cruciate ligament injury which could sideline him for some time. Boa Morte had to be stretchered off the field after landing awkwardly in the 10th minute following a challenge on Benoit Assou-Ekotto. The Hammers had started sluggishly in humid conditions and Tottenham continued to be much sharper for the remainder of the first half, although they wasted a number of chances to open the scoring. Roman Pavlyuchenko, starting alongside Defoe with Robbie Keane on the substitutes' bench and Peter Crouch not signed in time to make the trip to Beijing, struck the post with a curling effort. Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modric and the lively Jamie O'Hara also shot wide from distance as Tottenham failed to make the most of some fluent moves. West Ham offered almost nothing as an attacking force, with new signing Luis Jimenez disappointing, and were pushed further back at the start of the second period. A penalty appeal was turned down following an apparent tug on Modric, before Spurs finally managed to make the breakthrough on 75 minutes. Keane, on for Pavlyuchenko, released Defoe through a gaping hole in the Hammers defence and the England man's strike squirmed through the grasp of Green and trickled over the line. A fightback never looked likely as West Ham grew tired, but both sides will learn lessons from the work-out and continue their preparations for the new season with further games on Friday.

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