SPORTS:Harry Kane scored a last minutes penalty to earn Tottenham a draw against West Ham.
Kane's 96th-minute penalty was saved but he reacted quickest to give Spurs an unlikely point at White Hart Lane.
West Ham had led 2-0 through goals from Diafra Sakho and Cheikhou Kouyate with just
nine minutes left to play.
nine minutes left to play.
Danny Rose's mis-hit long-range shot set up the comeback before Kane, who was felled by Alex Song, pounced to score his 24th goal of the season.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino made six changes to the side that drew 1-1 with Fiorentina in the last 32 of the Europa League in midweek, as he prepared for the second match of a demanding schedule of six games in 17 days that includes Thursday's return leg in Florence and next Sunday's League Cup final against Chelsea.
With Spurs also chasing Champions League qualification via a top-four finish in the Premier League, Pochettino recalled top-scorer Kane for this London derby but opted to rest his other star performer this season, Christian Eriksen.
Spurs started in typically quick fashion as Nabil Bentaleb twice tested West Ham goalkeeper Adrian with long-range efforts before Kane struck the post in an opening 10-minute spell in which Spurs enjoyed 82% possession.
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