Tottenham broke their worldwide break curse with a 2-1 win at Leeds to go inside some extent of Premier League leaders Liverpool because of deflected strikes from Mathys Tel and Mohammed Kudus.
Spurs had misplaced their final seven matches instantly earlier than every mid-season pause since a 1-0 win at Luton on October 7, 2023 almost two years in the past to the day, however luck was on their facet at Leeds, whose unbeaten run at house within the league ends after greater than a 12 months.
Each of Spurs’ targets went in towards the run of play after taking a deflection off Leeds defender Pascal Struijk. The spectacular Noah Okafor tapped in a deserved first-half equaliser for the hosts after Tel’s opener however Kudus sealed the win along with his first purpose for Spurs.
Leeds pushed arduous to grab a late level – and completed the sport with three strikers on the pitch – as substitute Joel Piroe was denied in stoppage-time by Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, who used his legs to maintain out Dominic Calvert-Lewin earlier within the second half.
Spurs rode their luck as they put disappointing attracts to Bodo/Glimt and Wolves behind them to carry on for the three factors at Elland Street after back-to-back attracts within the league. Their Anticipated Objectives tally was solely 0.52 in comparison with Leeds’ 1.66.
Thomas Frank’s facet go second momentarily and inside some extent of champions Liverpool – who play Chelsea on Saturday Evening Soccer, stay on Sky Sports activities – whereas Leeds keep within the backside half after positive margins price them essential factors for the third recreation operating.
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- Solely Erling Haaland and Antoine Semenyo (each 9) have extra purpose involvements within the Premier League this season than Tottenham Hotspur’s Mohammed Kudus (5 – 1 purpose, 4 assists), with 4 of his 5 involvements coming towards newly promoted sides.
- Tottenham Hotspur’s Mohammed Kudus scored and assisted in the identical Premier League recreation for under the second time, beforehand doing so in March 2024 towards Newcastle United.
- Mathys Tel scored his first purpose within the Premier League since April 2025 (v Wolves), ending a run of 10 video games with out one.
