Terrific Tevez but Hammers despair (5 Mar 2007 03:22 GMT)
Argentinian Carlos Tevez scored his first goal for West Ham and had a hand in two others but the East London side's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League nose-dived as visitors Tottenham grabbed a dramatic 4-3 victory.
Alan Curbishley's men were leading 3-2 after substitute Bobby Zamora headed them into an 85th-minute lead from a pin-point Tevez free kick, but Tottenham staged a stirring revival.
Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov capped a fine personal performance of his own by curling home a free kick from the edge of the area for an 89th minute equalizer.
West Ham pushed forward in search of the three points and Tevez came agonizingly close with a fierce shot, but were caught out by a Tottenham breakaway.
Jermain Defoe's shot was pushed out by Robert Green and substitute Paul Stalteri proved an unlikely game winner.
West Ham, ten points from safety going into Sunday's match, made a dream start with Tevez tormenting the visiting defense with his silky skills.
His clinical pass was met by Mark Noble to put West Ham ahead in the 16th minute with a unstoppable shot past Paul Robinson.
Tottenham had chances of their own and Green made important saves before Tevez popped up to add to West Ham's advantage.
source : CNN