West Ham United lost against Tottenham Hotspur at the London Stadium in the Premier League at the weekend.
West Ham lost 3-2 to Tottenham at the London Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Carroll started the London derby on the substitutes’ bench and came on in the 28th minute in place of Michail Antonio.
Former West Ham striker Hartson has asked why the ex-Liverpool and Newcastle United striker was not included in manager Slaven Bilic’s starting lineup.
While analysing the Hammers’ performance against Tottenham, Hartson said on BT Sport Score on BT Sport 1 last Saturday afternoon (4:01pm, September 23, 2017): “And also, Andy Carroll didn’t start. Why didn’t he start because he caused problems when he came on?”
Carroll’s performance after he came on against Tottenham was encouraging, and perhaps West Ham would have been more potent with him in the starting lineup.
The Hammers’ overall performance was quite disappointing, although the fans will be encouraged by the way the players showed character to score twice after going 3-0 down.
West Ham are third from bottom in the Premier League table at the moment with four points from six matches.
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