West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur: 5 Talking points and analysis

3. VAR continues to influence results in the Premier League

VAR has been a very useful addition to the Premier League.

Since its introduction to the Premier League, VAR has proved to be highly controversial. On multiple occasions, the VAR decisions have had a decisive effect on the outcome of the game and this meeting between two London rivals also saw a goal overturned by the technology, that could've very well resulted in the two teams sharing points at the end of the 90 minutes.

In the second half, West Ham were clearly the better side and even after conceding a third goal early in the half, were pushing for a breakthrough. After they pulled one goal back through Michail Antonio, they continued to pressure the Tottenham defence and finally seemed to have gotten their second goal in the 89th minute through a Declan Rice goal.

But, after confirming with VAR, the goal was overturned as it showed the England midfielder to be offside. The hosts went on the eventually get the second goal when Ogbonna poked in a shot from a corner in added time but it was too little too late as it proved to be one of the last touches of the game.

If not for VAR West Ham could've avoided a third-straight defeat, but The Hammer's loss proved to be Tottenham's gain and they went home with three points from the game.