Will West Ham’s Brentford defeat pave the way for Tottenham’s relegation escape?

When Tomas Soucek grazed a post on the final stages of the effort West Hamdefeat by Brentford Their fans could have been forgiven for exchanging angry looks on Saturday.

of 3-0 result Keith Andrews’ Europe-chasing side may have scored a comfortable victory at the Getty Community Stadium, but it only tells half the story.

West Ham He hit the woodwork four times – a joint record in the Premier League this season – with Valentin Castellanos hitting the post either side of Konstantinos Mavropanos’ first-half goal before Crescencio Summerville hit a powerful drive over the crossbar to make it 3-0.

Soucek was early on the rebound but steered his effort wide of the post.

Victory would arise. West Ham Five points away from the bottom three, but instead they’re out the door. Tottenham To jump them in victory Aston Villa Sunday.

The Hammers are two points ahead of Spurs who have a game in hand and a healthy nine goal difference.

“We had chances, hit the post twice, hit the bar and hit the post again.” West Ham Captain Jarrod Bowen told Sky Sports. “It’s really disappointing.

We had good chances, we could have won the other day, we did a lot of good things.

Manager Nuno Espirito Santo told BBC Match of the Day: “It’s up to us how we react to this situation.

“Let’s stick together. We’ve got three games left, it’s going to come down to the wire.”

West Ham At the bottom of the form are three dots. Nottingham Forestlater Leeds United He went up 9 points after beating Spurs. Burnley on friday.

Three teams fight for survival? It is starting to look like this.