Spurs fined £20,000 over scuffle in West Ham game

Tottenham beat West Ham to move into seventh in the Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur have been fined £20,000 by the Football Association after accepting a charge of failing to control their players during the 4-1 win against West Ham United.

Both clubs were charged on Tuesday for failing to ensure their players "didn't behave in an improper and/or provocative and/or violent way".

Spurs admitted the charge and accepted the fine for the scuffle in last weekend's game.

Manager Ange Postecoglou acknowledged the "look of it was not great" but said there was "nothing untoward" in the incident.

"I'm not really sure what we did wrong," the Australian said in his media conference before Spurs' Europa League match against AZ Alkmaar.

"OK there was a coming together but I think a couple of our players had hit the deck by then so you'd like to think we'd go in there and at least protect [one another].

"I thought our players controlled themselves but obviously the FA felt differently."

The altercation occurred after Mohamed Kudus kicked Spurs defender Micky van de Ven then pushed the Netherlands defender and midfielder Pape Matar Sarr in the face.

The Ghana winger was initially shown a yellow card but it was upgraded to a red after a review by the video assistant referee.

The 24-year-old will serve a three-match ban for his dismissal.

He was separately charged on Tuesday for improper conduct for an incident "after the offence he was sent off for".

The former Ajax winger could serve an extra punishment on top of the three-game suspension if found guilty.

West Ham and Kudus have until Thursday to provide their responses.