Courtesy of ESPNsoccernet's report below:
West Ham United 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Lennon earns Spurs at Upton Park
Tottenham maintained their 100% start to the Premier League season after West Ham gifted them Jermain Defoe's equaliser and Aaron Lennon's winner in a 2-1 victory at Upton Park.
The Hammers were leading through Carlton Cole's spectacular volley but the England striker's backpass then set up Defoe to level against his former club.
Another mistake led to Lennon's winner, with Jonathan Spector slipping at the vital moment and the winger taking full advantage to rifle into the bottom corner.
Since leaving West Ham, Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has an impressive record of getting results at Upton Park - but he does not usually need help from his former club.
Redknapp has played down suggestions of challenging for the top four but they now have three wins from three and the initial signs pointed to a more comfortable win against Gianfranco Zola's men after defeating Liverpool and Hull.
Spurs enjoyed the majority of possession and looked dangerous going forward, with Hammers goalkeeper Robert Green kept busy in the early stages when Tom Huddlestone launched a fearsome drive towards the near post.
Luka Modric forced Green into a save at the near post and went wide, with the Croatia playmaker also setting up the chance that saw Ledley King hit the crossbar on the half-hour mark.
Luis Jimenez was booked for a foul on Benoit Assou-Ekotto in the build-up, with Modric whipping over the free-kick and King's looping header bouncing off the woodwork.
Sebastien Bassong also went wide from another Modric free-kick - but it was not entirely one-way traffic and West Ham had the clearer chances in the first half even if they had less of the ball.
Zola is desperate to buy another striker before the transfer window closes but a shortage in attack is bringing the best out of Cole going forward - even if he was guilty of a blunder for the equaliser.
He volleyed over early on after chasing down a long pass and juggling the ball like he did when playing for England against Holland.
When Spector threaded a ball through and Jimenez intelligently dummied, Cole ran through and saw Carlo Cudicini block his finish.
Cudicini had already been called into action when Scott Parker latched onto a poor clearance and struck a 35-yard volley that had the Italian stopper scrambling across his goalline to save.
The Hammers had two huge changes just before the break. King bravely blocked from Jack Collison's shot after Cole held the ball up and pulled it back for the Wales midfielder.
Then Junior Stanislas was sent down the left with a 60-yard pass from James Collins and the youngster carried the ball into the area - but his dangerous cross was just too far in front of Cole.
Cole broke the deadlock four minutes into the second half with his unstoppable volley.
Despite his height, Jimenez managed to get his head on the ball, cushioning it back to Cole 25 yards out. The 25-year-old took a touch before swinging with left and sending his effort crashing past Cudicini.
But the Hammers striker went from hero to villain in the space of five minutes. There was no danger when held the ball up near the halfway line but his pass backwards turned into a perfect through-ball for Defoe.
The former Hammers striker accepted the invitation and lashed past Green for his sixth goal in four games this season for club and country.
Modric almost gave Spurs the lead shortly after but headed just wide when Lennon found him at the far post, while the hosts felt they should have had a penalty when Assou-Ekotto hauled down Jimenez.
Defoe, in turn, thought he should have had a spot-kick when Julien Faubert challenged him - but Mark Clattenburg waved play on again.
Cole, looking to atone for his mistake, cut inside and went just wide with his shot.
Lennon's winning goal came with 11 minutes remaining. Spector lost his footing when there was little danger apparent, with Lennon nipping in and unleashing a drive into the far corner.
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Aaron Lennon played down Tottenham's chances of upsetting the big four after the victory.
He told ESPN: "We'll take it a game at a time - it's still early doors. Obviously after their goal the crowd got on their back, which lifted them - but it lifted us too.
"We are working hard, this was our third match in a week so it's been difficult - but we kept going and we're glad we got the victory. I didn't see my goal go in - but I knew I'd hit it quite well.
Defoe added: "It was a great performance in the second half, the first half was a bit stale. Their goal woke us up a little bit but in the second half we showed good energy and great spirit.''
The striker's goal owed much to a poor ball from Cole and Defoe explained: "I think Carlton tried passing back to Matthew Upson - it was a bit of a misunderstanding but I was pleased to get the chance and see it go in.''
Today's victory means Tottenham have made their best start to a top flight campaign since 1960, when they went on to win the title under Bill Nicholson.
Harry Redknapp said: "I think Bill was a bit better than me. That was a fantastic team, I saw them play as a kid, I saw an awful lot of that team and if we get anywhere near them we'll be delighted.
On today's match, the 62-year-old continued on ESPN: "It was a tight game. They had a few chances as well but I'm pleased to come back from one down, it shows a lot of character.
"We are an open side, a bit gung-ho and even at 2-1 we had four forwards stuck up there going for it. But that's the way we play and I think we'll score goals this season - we'll get at teams.
"We've been working hard on pressing and working teams. If we can do that and stop teams working it's hard for them. Watching Barcelona last season, they played when they had the ball but they pressed and made it hard to play against them.
"We try to get our forwards working and closing down when we haven't got the ball. We've had a good start - a great home win against Liverpool, who we beat fair and square, then we were fantastic at Hull.
"It was tough today, it was hot. West Ham had a break in midweek and they were bright today - but we came out on top and it's a great result.''
On the goal which got his team level, Redknapp explained: "He (Cole) was a threat today, he's looking a good player and took a good goal. But unfortunately for them he played it to the wrong man - and if you give Jermain those opportunities he doesn't miss.''
On the winner, he added: "Aaron is looking sharp and quick too. It was a great finish, he came inside and finished it ever so well. He looked quick and bright today, it was good.''
Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola believes his team were worth a point.
He explained: "I'm disappointed because I don't think it's a fair result - probably a draw would have been a better result.
"I was pleased the way we played the whole game but this is the Premier League and if you want the ambition to challenge you can't really afford to make any mistakes from the first minute.
"Carlton has made a mistake on their goal but he created our goal from nothing so he doesn't have to be disappointed about that.
"We want to be challenging high level teams and we need to be sure we don't make mistakes. He knows that, we all know that. We don't like losing so we tried until the end but we couldn't get a goal and that's a pity. But we'll learn a lot from this game.''
Asked about speculation linking central defender James Collins with a move to Aston Villa, whose manager Martin O'Neill was in the Upton Park stands, Zola added on ESPN: "I don't know - I'm more concerned about today's game.''
Well, 3 games and 9 points in the bag already. Harry, although we are scoring goals, but we are still conceding goals. Carlton Cole's goal is a gem, no doubt, but it is the positioning at the rear that allow some nervy moments at the back too.
Harry, hope you see this. Please do look into defending as well as the midfield passing while still continuing to drill the strikers to practise shooting. We are lucky that West Ham is not at their deadliest yet. Of course not forgetting the fluke pass that got us the equaliser. While we are enjoying some luck, I guess it is time to tighten loose ends and make sure players' mind stay on earth.
Having said all of the above. It sure is nice to be top of the table this season after the torrid start of last season. Enjoy it while we are still there, lads, and hopefully as long as we can.
COMON YOU SPURS.