West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season as they shared the points with Tottenham in a meeting between two massively underperforming sides.
Both had very little riding on this fixture and it showed as the 17th-placed Hammers could not overtake their London rivals in the table after a tame derby.
Ange Postecoglou made eight changes to the Tottenham side that defeated Bodo/Glimt 3-1 in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final first leg.
With Thursday’s return the priority, the Australian’s focus was firmly on ending a dismal season on a high by winning that competition and reaching the Champions League next season.
Tottenham had Max Kilman to thank for gifting them the 15th-minute opener as Mathys Tel nicked the ball from the Hammers defender and squared for the unmarked Wilson Odobert to pick his spot and claim his first league goal for Spurs.
But Bowen levelled 13 minutes later when he ran on to a through-ball from Aaron Wan-Bissaka and smartly finished through the legs of Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario to restore parity.
It was the West Ham captain’s third goal in five games in an impressive scoring run.
Richarlison then found himself in a promising position at the other end, but decided to go for a pass across the goal when the chance of a shot was on.
Chances were few and far between in the second half, but the hosts could have claimed all three points at London Stadium in the closing stages.
Vicario, though, rescued Tottenham by producing a stunning save to keep out Bowen’s glancing header from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick with eight minutes remaining.
