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Mohammed Kudus was sent off late for West Ham in Saturday's defeat to Tottenham. The striker kicked Micky van de Ven before hitting the defender in the head, leading to a brawl between the two sides. In the midst of the players arguing, he followed up by pushing Pape Matar Sarr in the head.

After scoring the opening goal of the match at the 18th minute, Kudus was shown a straight red card at the 86th minute, as Tottenham had already turned the game around with four goals before the hour mark. VAR intervened as referee Madley had initially spared the Ghanian with a yellow card.

The 24-year-old will now be suspended for the Hammers' next fixture against Manchester United next weekend, but three violent incidents in quick succession could push the FA to punish him further. A final decision will be announced in the coming days, but for now, Kudus will only miss Red Devils clash.

Spurs' habit of failing to fulfil their potential and wasting favourable positions across matches and seasons, has been dubbed "Spursy" by irritated fans. The north-Londoners, trophyless in 16 years, have stuck stubbornly to that script in their first two seasons under Ange Postecoglou.

They wasted a golden opportunity to qualify for the Champions League last year and have made an rocky start to the current campaign. Postecoglou's side blew a 2-0 lead over Brighton to lose 3-2 in their last game before the October international break. But this was far from a one-time occasion, in fact, it was the 10th time Spurs have lead by two or more goals and subsequently lost in the Premier League era.

Saturday's London derby against West Ham comes with unpleasent memories of the team blowing a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 in four yeas ago. Postecoglu has acknowledged success is now imperative to lift the mood, though he has equally said that he deems criticism to be irrelevant. "You say it's 10 times but it hasn't been 10 times with me so give me a break. Let me get to 10 and then start putting tags on, but you have to accept that, right?" the Australian told reporters during his press conference on Friday.

"People will always find easy ways, if you've got a wound, to stick their finger in that wound and if you're not prepared to accept that when things haven't gone well, make sure things go well," he added. "There is one way to change that. If we want to change the perception of ourselves, it will not come because of, 'please don't call us those names', it will come because we're proving we're a team that can be relentless in our approach and be successful."

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