A West Ham XI eked out a 2-2 draw with their Tottenham counterparts at Spurs Lodge earlier this afternoon.
Freddie Piquionne, who has had a quiet start to the 2011/12 campaign got both goal for Ian Hendon's side, who were forced to come from behind twice in order to earn a share of the spoils against their north London rivals, managed by Tim Sherwood.The home side - who, like West Ham, have no reserve team this season - took the lead after just eight minutes when Alex Pritchard put Cameron Lancaster through on goal; the youngster beating Ruud Boffin with some aplomb.
However Hendon's side were on level terms on the quarter-hour mark after Piquionne was first to react to Boffin's huge goal kick, beatin goalkeeper Oscar Jansson to the ball.
After a number of chances had been squandered by both sides - including one for Freddie Sears who was denied by Jansson when one-on-one with the goalkeeper - the home eventually regained the lead with 18 minutes left to play.
Dean Parrett picked up a stray pass from Piquionne before running half the length of the field and placing a clever chip over the advancing Boffin.
Sears squandered another opportunity to level the scores a minute later before the Hammers eventually drew level on 76 minutes.
A decent ball in from right-back Callum Driver - who had replaced Guy Demel after just 22 minutes - was latched on to by the experienced Piquionne, who was given the freedom of Spurs Lodge before firing home from close range.
West Ham Utd XI: Boffin, Demel (Driver 22), Carney, Faye (Wearen 67), Diop, Moncur, Sears (E.Lee 85), Juca, Nouble (Turgott 85), Piquionne, Carew (Montenegro 67).
Tottenham Hotspur XI: Jansson, Barthram, Veljkovic, Nicholson, Stewart, Luongo, Parrett, Pritchard, Bostock, Ceballos, Lancaster.
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