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This Article is From Aug 23, 2009

Lennon fires Spurs' to 2-1 win at West Ham

Lennon fires Spurs' to 2-1 win at West Ham
London:

Aaron Lennon fired a 79th minute winner as Tottenham won 2-1 at West Ham on Sunday to make it three wins from its first three games of the Premier League season.

A year after Spurs captured only two points from their first eight games, Harry Redknapp's team now has a maximum of nine from three.

Spurs defender Ledley King headed against the bar in the 30th minute from a free kick by Luka Modric before the Hammers went ahead in the 49th, Carlton Cole scoring with a 25-meter, left-foot volley.

Jermain Defoe equalized in the 54th minute against his former club, racing onto a poor back pass by Cole to fire home his sixth goal in four games, including two for England.

Lennon captured all three points for Spurs when he dispossessed Jonathan Spector near the corner of the area and scored with a diagonal left foot shot.

Sunday's other two games - Burnley vs Everton and Fulham vs Chelsea - kick off later.

In Saturday's games, defending champion Manchester United won 5-0 at Wigan with Michael Owen scoring his first goal for the club and Wayne Rooney adding two and Arsenal maintained its strong start to the season with a 4-1 victory over Portsmouth.

On Monday, Liverpool welcomes Aston Villa.

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