Premier League’s Top 4 Race Heats Up As Tottenham Record Emphatic Win Against Leeds United at Elland Road

Premier League’s Top 4 Race Heats Up As Tottenham Record Emphatic Win Against Leeds United at Elland Road

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:56 PM
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  • Leeds United vs Tottenham saw Antonio Conte's men close in on the top-four position on the Premier League standings
  • It was fight-to-finish at the Elland Road, but Tottenham put up a superior performance against their hosts
  • Matt Doherty opened the scoring in the 10th minute and then Dejan Kulusevski and Harry Kane also scored in the first half, with Son grabbing one in the second half

Tottenham reignite their top-four chances on Saturday afternoon following their sensational performance at the Elland Road winning 4-0.

Matt Doherty, Dejan Kulusevski and Harry Kane all scored in the first half to earn Antonio Conte's side all three points to keep their top-four hopes alive.

Heung-min Son also grabbed a goal late in the encounter to take Spurs to 7th position with 42 points, but they have one game in hand.

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Leeds United vs Tottenham ended 4-0 in favour of Spurs. Photo: Chris Brunskill
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But the visitors had to fight from the start of the game and in the 3rd minute, Daniel James was brought down just outside the left of the penalty area.

The resulting free-kick was whipped in and Pascal Struijk's glancing header just goes past the post.

It was the visitors that opened the scoring courtesy Matt Doherty swept home from close range to put his side ahead 1-0.

Five minutes later, it was 2-0 after Kulusevski wriggled his way into the box and rifled the ball into the bottom-right corner to double Spurs' lead.

He first beat Junior Firpo on the left-hand side and then glided past Diego Llorente before converting past Meslier.

It then went from bad to worse for the hosts in the 27th minute when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg picked out Harry Kane with a brilliant pass and the England captain made no mistake with a cool finish from a tight angle to make it 3-0.

Tottenham boss Conte couldn't have asked for a better start to the game, with Doherty, Kulusevski and Kane giving them a commanding lead only half an hour in.

And then Heung-Min Son put the icing on the cake in the 85th minute after Kane brilliantly sent a long ball forward into the path of the South Korean, Daily Mail reports.

Son brought it down with his knee, ran through on goal and made no mistake in converting past Meslier to seal a comfortable afternoon's work for the visitors. It ended; Leeds United 0-4 Tottenham.

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British Labour MP Chris Bryant had told the House of Commons that the Russian entrepreneur should be barred from living in the UK permanently.

The Chelsea owner Abramovich was named among the key enablers of Vladimir Putin’s administration as Russia invades Ukraine.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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