Tottenham are back to their old ways. After regaining their pulse after the dismissal of José Mourinho and achieving two consecutive victories, the 'spurs' returned to offer their most tedious and hesitant version against a Leeds who wants to fight for Europe in the season of his return to the elite.
Marcelo Bielsa's men beat the team led on an interim basis by Ryan Mason (3-1), who practically says goodbye to the possibility of playing the Champions League next year. In fact, Tottenham may be temporarily out of the Europa League positions this Saturday.
Leeds started the game true to the style of their coach, with a cheerful game on the incisor that beat a sleeping Tottenham. Bamford and Struijk warned of local intentions, but it was Dallas, with the invaluable help of a Reguilón that almost scored an own goal, that opened the scoring.
Heavy rain was falling in Leeds, but it seemed to wake Tottenham up. Dele Alli divided down the middle and filtered a pass for Son to define against Meslier to tie the contest.
Shortly after, Harry Kane finished a great combination with Alli and Son to overtake the 'spurs', however the VAR annulled the target due to a practically imperceptible jurisdiction. A matter of millimeters.
Tottenham had grown in the game, but their defense continued to falter, especially in the lateral centers. In one of them, Alioski found Bamford inside the area, who shot to put Leeds ahead.
The scoreboard would move again in a second half in which Tottenham wanted and could not. The crossbar was in charge of repelling a free-kick from Kane, powerless when he later saw Leeds sentence through Rodrigo Moreno taking advantage of the spaces left behind.
With this result, Tottenham see how their aspirations to enter the Champions League are complicated. Furthermore, if Liverpool win they will overtake the 'spurs', who would be provisionally out of the Europa League.
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