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Mura win a corner. Spurs have been a bit sloppy this half so far.

Nikola Vlasic has a go from way out, but he doesn't quite catch it and the effort takes a touch of a defender to remove any sting. Easy save for Paul Gartler.

Son Heung-min and Harry Kane have a chat on the bench. I can't see either being needed tonight.

We are back under way at the London Stadium. An early West Ham goal would make this a very comfortable evening for them. Rapid aren't coming back from two goals down.

It is now also lashing it down.

Here we go. What can Spurs do this half?

Leicester City

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers: "It has been a privilege to play here. This is a precious victory for Legia and congratulations to them. We are disappointed because I think we deserved more.

"In the first half we were too passive. In the second it was better, we created more chances. From 60 minutes we started to make chances, we dominated the game, but their goalkeeper played well and we weren't clinical enough. There's still a long way to go.

"I've made the changes but it doesn't take away the importance from it. We have four more games to qualify. As a football club, we're new to the level."

In today's random fact of the day, I've just discovered Matt Doherty's mother is Dutch.

Leicester City

Leicester forward Patson Daka: "We are disappointed, obviously. Legia played well, they were in really good shape tonight. We have just one point after two games which is not good, but we still have chances to go through. There are still more games to play.

"The atmosphere was great, the home fans gave lot of energy to their team, but our fans were here too and they pushed us as much as they could. The result is bad, but we should keep our heads up and continue to believe in ourselves."

Simon Stone
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An excellent half from West Ham, who are looking to take a stranglehold on the group.

Given the scenes that accompanied Declan Rice's goal, with Rapid fans jumping over barriers and supporters from both teams throwing objects at each other as the police intervened, it might not be the worst thing if the world if it stayed 1-0.

So far, so good for West Ham. Declan Rice's finish is the difference.

Two early goals put Spurs in control and they've just cruised since.

Matt Doherty goes down in the box, wants a penalty but doesn't get it. Now a cross is cleared. Half-time approaching.

There is still a big contingent of stewards camped by the away fans. Didn't stop one throwing something in the direction of Aaron Cresswell as he took the most recent West Ham corner.

Dane Scarlett turns a defender well but nothing comes of it. Spurs are in control still.

Craig Dawson has been flying in on pretty much every corner this half. He charges and throws himself in for another and sends the ball over. Was it actually a clip off a defender? If it was, the ref didn't spot it.

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Matt Doherty takes a risky backpass and Pierluigi Gollini just clears it before a Mura player slides in and takes the ball.

Oliver Skipp runs from midfield and he keeps going before dragging a shot just wide of the far post from just inside the box.

Skipp has yet to score for Spurs - but he netted once for Norwich last season during a loan spell in the Championship.

Rapid just remind West Ham they are not out of this yet. Taxiarchis Fountas air kicks a shot in the middle before Kelvin Arase drives a low ball into the six-yard box that Craig Dawson has to hack away.

Oliver Skipp feeds Matt Doherty on the right. It's a rare decent cross from Doherty to the back post but Dele Alli's difficult header - while moving backwards - is held by the keeper.

Simon Stone
´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport at the London Stadium

Declan Rice was speaking yesterday about how committed he is to West Ham amid speculation over his future.

That is all very well but the England man seems to have taken his game to another level since Euro 2020.

The finish wasn't spectacular - it didn't need to be - but to get himself into that position was excellent.

He is going to be a top player.