Line Up: Spurs v West Ham – Son is dropped

Antonio Conte and Cristian Stellini have named their Tottenham Hotspur side which will take to the field in this afternoon’s Premier League clash against West Ham United.

Tottenham once again find themselves without their head coach after it was announced that Conte would remain in Italy following the 1-0 defeat to AC Milan in the Champions League after a post-operation check that followed recent gallbladder surgery

In his place, Cristian Stellini once again steps up to take charge for the third time this season, having won both of his previous matches against Marseille and Manchester City, respectively.

Conte was taken ill at the start of the month with ‘severe abdominal pain’, which was later diagnosed as cholecystitis, and was back at Tottenham just a week later and took to the dugout for the games against Leicester and AC Milan.

Spurs are once again without Hugo Lloris, Ryan Sessegnon, Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma, while Pierre-Emile Hobjerg returns following his one-match European suspension.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
(Photo by Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images)

This is who takes to the field under the lights of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon:

Spurs XI: Forster, Romero, Dier, Lenglet, Royal, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Davies, Kulusevski, Richarlison, Kane

Subs: Lucas Moura, Tanganga, Sánchez, Danjuma, Son, Austin, Perisic, Porro, Sarr

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Emerson, Rice, Soucek, Downes, Bowen, Antonio

Subs: Ings, Fornals, Johnson, Lanzini, Benrahma, Cresswell, Aréola, Scamacca, Casey

Stellini admitted ahead of today’s match that he wished he had done more to urge Cone to rest, rather than having returned so soon.

He told The Guardian: “I felt responsible because Antonio’s pain continued under stress.

“I don’t want to feel like this again. I push him to come back when he’s 100 per cent.”

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