Leeds vs Tottenham final score, result from as Kane brings up 30 for the season to seal Leeds' fate

Dom Farrell

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ELLAND ROAD, LEEDS — Harry Kane brought up 30 Premier League goals this season as Tottenham ran out 4-1 winners to apply the last rites to Leeds' three-year stay in the top flight.

Kane is set for another summer of speculation over his Tottenham future but some lackadaisical defending from the hosts allowed Son Heung-min to feed him for a second-minute opener that quickly shifted the atmosphere at Elland Road in a mutinous direction.

Wins for Leicester City and Everton ultimately rendered this result to be irrelevant, with Leeds' fate out of their hands. 

Robin Koch wasted a glorious headed chance for a quickfire equaliser but Sam Allardyce's side ambled as haphazardly into the second half as they did the first, with Pedro Porro scoring his third Premier League goal since joining Spurs in January.

Jack Harrison pulled a one back, by which point events elsewhere had Leeds' fate more or less sealed, before Kane produced another masterful finish. Spurs fans will hope it is not a farewell.

Lucas Moura certainly is saying goodbye and he did so in style with a majestic solo goal as Leeds breathed their last.

Leeds vs Tottenham final score

  Full-time Goalscorers
LEE 1 Jack Harrison '67
TOT 4 Harry Kane '2, '69 Pedro Porro '47. Lucas Moura 90+4

Lineups:

Leeds (5-4-1 right to left): 22-Joel Robles (GK) — 2-Luke Ayling, 25-Rasmus Kristensen, 39-Max Wober (24-Georginio Rutter), 6-Liam Cooper, 21-Pascal Struijk (3-Junior Firpo) — 28-Weston McKennie (7-Brenden Aaronson), 4-Adam Forshaw, 5-Robin Koch, 11-Jack Harrison — 19-Rodrigo Moreno

Tottenham (4-4-1-1 right to left): 20-Fraser Forster — 12-Emerson Royal, 6-Davinson Sanchez, 34-Clement Lenglet, 33-Ben Davies — 23-Pedro Porro (27-Lucas Moura), 4-Oliver Skipp (77-George Abbott), 38-Yves Bissouma (51-Matthew Craig), 7-Son Heung-min (9-Richarlison) — 21-Dejan Kulusevski (29-Pape Sarr) — 10-Harry Kane

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How many times has Sam Allardyce been relegated?

That famous calling card of Firefighter Sam has now been well and truly torched. He couldn’t guide West Brom away from the drop in 2020/21 as he suffered the first Premier League relegation of his career. That was the weird behind-closed-doors season, stick an asterisk on it if you must. And it’s not as if he was dealt a great hand here, with just four games to save Leeds’ season. Allardyce is not the reason United have been relegated but he barely helped at all. Reactive, regressive football, ceding possession and hoping to gobble up scraps from second balls, punts into the channels, set pieces and long throws while naming six defenders in a game you might have to win by three goals. It’s just no way to spend your time.

Why did Leeds fans sing Marcelo Bielsa’s name?

A few moments after Kane rippled the back of Joel Robles’ net, a chant whipped up around Elland Road. Not one to rouse the ailing players still here but to salute a departed hero. “Marcelo Bielsa!”. It was a hankering for better days that sometimes feel like they were only five minutes ago. Leeds fans also chanted derisory songs about the Premier League itself — a competition where the small elite hoard money, resources and success. In those circumstances, it’s important everyone else gets the chance to escape and dream. Bielsa’s magical vision of the game provided that in these parts, sewing up frayed ties between a city and its team. But he got sacked, so did Jesse Marsch and Javi Gracia. Victor Orta left his post as director of football, the fans want the rest of the board gone and the net result is this sorry mess where most of the team are being told they're "not fit to wear the shirt". 

Is this Harry Kane’s best Premier League season?

When Tottenham finished second under Mauricio Pochettino in 2016/17, Kane plundered 29 goals. Picking at the Leeds carcass today allowed him to go one better in a side that finished eighth, outside of the European places on account of Aston Villa’s win over Brighton. Such a return in an often poor Tottenham team this time around underlines a player at the peak of his powers. Kane would enhance any team in world football and his efforts this term would have garnered a lot more attention if Erling Haaland hadn’t laid waste to the record books. He’s 29 and has a year left on his contract. Tottenham have the small matter of appointing a manager this summer, but you feel their most important conversations will be with Kane.

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FULL-TIME: Leeds 1-4 Tottenham

Results elsewhere meant Leeds were down anyway but they showed exactly why they are with a rancid performance. A few heroes of seasons past like Luke Ayling and Jack Harrison are getting cheered by fans but that's just punctuating the general toxicity. Harry Kane was brilliant in bringing up 30 Premier League goals and Lucas Moura brought the house down. Aston Villa's win over Brighton means Spurs will not be playing European football next season. A drop in the ocean when we consider Leeds' problems. Thanks for being with us.

90th minute+4: GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Lucas Moura!!!!

What a way to say farewell. Lucas is leaving at the end of the season and dances through a succession of tired Leeds challenges to score a wonderful solo goal. The Spurs bench empties. The ground doesn't because people probably have a few things to get off their chests.

90th minute+1: We're into five minutes of stoppage time. Firpo and Aaronson look to conjure something but Forester and Tottenham stand firm. 

88th minute: Jack Harrison departs to a standing ovation. The goalscorer today and one of the heroes of the Bielsa era who is now serenaded by the home fans. Wilfried Gnonto comes on.

84th minute: "You let your country down, Harry Kane is told. Another one from deep in the barrel of wisdom from the wags away to my right. Robles stops Richarlison from making it 4-1.

79th minute: The lesser-spotted Rutter, still without a goal since becoming Leeds' record signing in January, does some nifty ball juggling and volleys over. At the other end, Robles denies Kane a hat-trick. It feels like that won't be his last chance.

76th minute: Richarlison and young Matthew Craig coming on for Tottenham. There's a pitch invader, who evades a few stewards. "Sign him up!" sing the Leeds faithful, which is a pleasing upgrade on songs about Jimmy Savile and Peter Sutcliffe that a minority have just aired. It's an unedifying scene.

69th minute: GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Harry Kane!!!!

Well, that comeback lasted a long time. Porro has loads of room. Oh, and look, so does Kane. The England skipper dinks a delightful finish across Robles and in off the base of the post.

67th minute: GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Jack Harrison!!!!

I told you he was still trying! That's a fine finish from Harrison, thumped across Forster to leave the Tottenham goalkeeper with no chance.

66th minute: With Everton and Leicester each winning, what's going on here doesn't really matter. Harrison is still trying and launches into a jinking run. His chipped cross goes to no one.

60th minute: Aaronson, Rutter and Firpo are on for McKennie, Wober and Struijk. McKennie gets a volley of boos.

59th minute: Sanchez blocks another ball out of the Spurs goalmouth.

56th minute: It looks like Sam Allardyce is going to bring some attackers on to chase after those horses that have bolted and run away over the hills.

51st minute: There's been chants of "you're not fit to wear the shirt" and other such ditties since the second Spurs goal. Kristensen booms a cross to no one and there's a hail of boos. This is going to be a long 40 minutes for the Leeds players.

47th minute: GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Pedro Porro!!!!

And no changes to how Leeds start halves of football. There are similarities to the first goal in that Porro is given free reign to do whatever he likes down the left channel. This time he decides to thump a shot beyond Robles.

45th minute: Back underway. No changes for either side.

HALF-TIME: Leeds 0-1 Tottenham

Kane's second-minute goal suggested the roof might fall in entirely. It hasn't. Leeds have plugged away forcefully and without finesse. Barring an absurd turn of events, they're going down.

45th minute+2: Leeds corner, their seventh of the half. This one is better, the ball comes through to Kristensen who slaps a shot over. 

45th minute+1: Rodrigo has half a chance from a long throw. Safe to say his header doesn't go in the direction he intended.

42nd minute: A bundling scramble in the Spurs box. The ball just won't come down for Rodrigo and the chance - or the prospect of one - goes. Spurs break but Cooper puts in a superb challenge to dispossess Son. There's a lot of anger being directed towards Leeds players from their own fans today but the captain will not be on the receiving end. He remains a hero.

39th minute: Decent ball from Forshaw and Struijk heads across goal. Forster moves across his line in instalments but the ball bounces wide. Might have been interesting if that was on target.

37th minute: Another Leeds corner. Another bad Leeds corner. Hmmmmm. "That's why we're going down!" sing the gallows humour choir behind the goal.

35th minute: McKennie lines up a shot from about 30 yards and drags it harmlessly wide. The longer this half has gone on, Leeds' goal attempts have moved further away from goal at their start and end points.

To add a little more to the sunshine in the general mood here, Leicester are 1-0 up.

34th minute: This has not been a high quality contest bit that's a dreamy bit of skill from Kane, who drags the ball back and away from Kristensen to leave the Leeds defender tackling fresh air. The England captain's throughball is blocked.

29th minute: McKennie chases hopefully punt down the left flank and initially does well. However, his pass inside looking for attacking support that isn't immediately evident results in a Spurs counter attack. Son's ball into the box is cleared behind and Leeds clear the corner but the atmosphere in here really feels like it's turning.

26th minute: Kulusevski to Kane... you'd back him to score but a deflection off Cooper works in Robles' favour and the ball loops into the Leeds keeper's gloves.

22nd minute: Kristensen takes his turn to batter one goalwards. Sanchez, who is getting blocks and headers on a lot of stuff back there is in the way again. Commendable huff and puff from Leeds, but not much more beyond that.

18th minute: Kane with a comically lumbering foul on Ayling. Foreshaw can pump another dead ball into the Spurs box. It's cleared bit Harrison gets the better of Porro and sends in another cross. That's also cleared.

16th minute: Elsewhere, Aston Villa are beating Brighton thanks to a Douglas Luiz goal. If that score and this one stay as they are, Spurs will miss out on the Europa Conference League.

15th minute: Leeds chasing this but very frantically already. I guess they have to be. Wober now into the book before possession is coughed up in midfield once again.

9th minute: Leeds' response to going behind has been pretty good. Here's another set-piece chance, the ball falls to Struijk and his strike is deflected over. Spurs break from the resulting corner and Struijk is booked for a needs-must foul on Lenglet.

7th minute: Rodrigo takes a tumble in the Spurs box but there's no really heart in the penalty shout. Oh, but that's a chance! Koch ghosts into the Spurs area unmarked and nods just wide. Already that feels like the sort of chance Leeds absolutely can't let pass them by.

6th minute: Harrison swings in a corner from the right but Spurs clear.

4th minute: Leeds fans responded to that goal by singing Marcelo Bielsa's name and then launched into a rendition of "Leeds are going down!". All feels a little bit mutinous right now.

2nd minute: GOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Harry Kane!!!!

Pedro Porro raids down the right, Leeds have gone to sleep. He works it inside to Son, who feeds Kane and there's never any doubt about the finish. A VAR review shows Porro was just onside. No reprieve for Leeds and a mountain for them to climb now.

KICK-OFF

The players take a knee before kickoff. Leeds get us underway and five the ball away almost immediately. 

3 mins to kickoff: Here come the teams and Elland Road launches into its usual stirring rendition of Marching On Together. There's also been a rather uncomplimentary chant about the Premier League itself, suggesting top-flight status might not be missed.

20 mins to kickoff: The teams are wrapping up their warmups. Is this the last time Harry Kane will go through these formalities in Tottenham colours. We've probably got another fun-filled summer of frolics with the Kane brothers coming up. Elland Road is filling up, with the general hum caught somewhere between anticipation and dread. There might also be a little bit of acceptance in there too, if we're being honest. If the players out on the field in white pull this one off, the prize is sporting immortality in this corner of West Yorkshire.

40 mins to kickoff: Pedro Porro replaces Arnaut Danjuma in Tottenham's only change, an exchange of the two January signings you'd already forgotten about. Been a long season, hasn't it? Spurs can still secure the potentially dubious prize of Europa Conference League football this afternoon. They need to better whatever result Aston Villa manage against Brighton if Unai Emery's seventh-placed side are not victorious. Tottenham are a point behind Villa and level on plus-four goal difference.

50 mins to kickoff: Patrick Bamford is the headline absentee for Leeds after he failed to recover from a hamstring injury. The striker has had a rotten time in front of goal over recent weeks but it leave Allardyce with an XI light on firepower outside of top scorer Rodrigo. Aaronson, Roca, Summerville, Rutter, Gnonto and Greenwood can all theoretically supply a bit of that from the bench and maybe that's the plan. There's no point chasing the three-goal lead Leeds might end up needing, only to give the game away early on.

1 hour to kickoff: Here are the teams!

1 hour 20 mins to kickoff: If the axe falls on Leeds today to end a three-season Premier League stay, it is unlikely fans will look upon this game with too much regret. That space in the collective memory will be reserved for last weekend's trip to West Ham, where Rodrigo Moreno gave the visitors a 17th-minute lead before they collapsed to a 3-1 defeat. That felt like the "we're gone" moment. A win in east London would have left Leeds' fate in their hands. As it is, they need favours from elsewhere and a performance for the ages.

1 hour 40 mins to kickoff: Leeds supporters are doing their part, thinking up every way to give their team an advantage in today's match. Fans descended upon the Tottenham team hotel last night, letting off fireworks in an effort to keep the players awake and disrupt their pre-match snooze. We'll see if it plays a role!

2 hours to kickoff: And so, it all comes down to this. After playing 111 games between the three of them, Leeds, Leicester and Everton have 90 minutes left in which to save themselves. Here at Elland Road, they need snookers. Leeds and their hastily appointed survival specialist Sam Allardyce must win, hope Leicester don't against West Ham and pray that Everton lost at home to Bournemouth. If Leicester lose and Everton draw, Leeds can stay up with a win by three or more goals. They've done that once in the Premier League this season... in August against Chelsea.

Leeds vs Tottenham predicted lineups

With three points being the goal for Leeds in this match, it is likely that Allardyce will stick with his 4-3-3 formation instead of moving to a back five.

Stuart Dallas is out with a broken leg, while Tyler Adams and Luis Sinisterra are both set to be sidelined by thigh problems. Striker Patrick Bamford is a doubt as he is struggling with a hamstring injury. Junior Firpo is set to return from suspension.

Leeds (4-3-3, right to left): Robles(GK) — Ayling, Kristensen, Wober, Firpo —  McKennie, Koch, Forshaw — Gnonto, Rodrigo, Harrison

  • Injured: Dallas, Adams, Sinisterra, Bamford (doubt)
  • Suspended: None

Ryan Mason has struggled to find the right formation to suit his Tottenham players, so he may choose to end the season with a more familiar shape.

Hugo Lloris has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a muscle injury. Ryan Sessegnon and Rodrigo Bentancur are also out with a thigh and knee injury respectively.

Tottenham (3-4-2-1, right to left): Forster (GK) — Emerson, Romero, Lenglet — Porro, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Davies — Son, Richarlison — Kane

  • Injured: Lloris, Sessegnon, Bentancur
  • Suspended: None

Leeds vs Tottenham live stream, TV channel

  TV channel Streaming
USA CNBC NBC Sports App
UK BT Sport Ultimate, BT Sport 1 BT Sport App
Australia — Optus Sport
Canada — Fubo
Hong Kong — Now Player
India — JioTV, Hotstar VIP
Malaysia Astro SuperSport 5 Astro Go,
sooka
New Zealand — Sky Sport NOW
Singapore — StarHubTV+

USA: This match will shown on CNBC and can be streamed on the NBC Sports App.

Canada: Every Premier League game streams live on Fubo.

UK: The match will be broadcast on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, and streamed on Sky Go.

Australia: Fans in Australia can watch Premier League matches on Optus Sport.

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Dom Farrell

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.