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Leeds boss Sam Allardyce could only watch on in anguish as his side succumbed to their 21st league defeat of the seasonLeeds United have been relegated from the Premier League as they lost their final game of the season to Tottenham Hotspur.
The Whites' fans turned on both their team and the club's owners as the West Yorkshire side's three-year top-flight stay came to a meek and pitiful end at Elland Road.
Needing to win to stand any chance of preserving their Premier League status, Leeds trailed inside the opening two minutes through Harry Kane's excellent finish.
Pedro Porro then doubled Tottenham's lead when he fired in from a tight angle early in the second half.
Jack Harrison made it 2-1 to give Leeds brief hope of pulling off an unlikely escape, but Kane's 30th league goal of the season restored Spurs' two-goal advantage.
Lucas Moura marked his farewell appearance by scoring a fine solo goal in injury time, although Tottenham's first top-flight win outside London since October was not enough to prevent them missing out on European qualification for the first time since they finished eighth in 2008-09.
For Leeds, however, the damage is far worse.
Chairman and majority owner Andrea Radrizzani was not at the game but was told in no uncertain terms to sell the club by the Leeds supporters, who chanted "sack the board" during the latter stages.
And, after a pitch invader had been hauled away by half a dozen stewards 15 minutes from time, they chanted "he's got more fight than you" in a damning assessment of their team - with further songs in support of Marcelo Bielsa, the beloved coach who returned Leeds to the top flight in 2020 but was sacked last season.
With uncertainty over a proposed takeover by the San Francisco 49ers owners, who already have a 44% stake in the club, and Radrizzani's holding company buying a stake in Sampdoria, who have just been relegated from Serie A, there is a lack of clarity at the club that needs to be dealt with.
The last time Leeds went down, in 2004, it took 16 years before they came back. The time before that, in 1982, it was eight. They can only hope nothing similar awaits them on this occasion.
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Leeds United
Squad number22Player nameRobles
Squad number2Player nameAyling
Squad number25Player nameKristensen
Squad number6Player nameCooper
Squad number39Player nameWöber
Squad number21Player nameStruijk
Squad number28Player nameMcKennie
Squad number4Player nameForshaw
Squad number5Player nameKoch
Squad number11Player nameHarrison
Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
Squad number3Player nameFirpo
Squad number7Player nameAaronson
Squad number24Player nameRutter
Squad number29Player nameGnonto
Tottenham Hotspur
Squad number20Player nameForster- Squad number12Player nameEmerson Royal
Squad number6Player nameD Sánchez- Squad number34Player nameLenglet
Squad number33Player nameDavies- Squad number23Player namePorro
- Squad number38Player nameBissouma
- Squad number4Player nameSkipp
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-min- Squad number21Player nameKulusevski
Squad number10Player nameKane
- Squad number9Player nameRicharlison
Squad number27Player nameLucas Moura- Squad number29Player nameSarr
- Squad number51Player nameCraig
- Squad number77Player nameAbbott
Line-ups
Leeds
Formation 5-4-1
- 22Robles
- 2Ayling
- 25Kristensen
- 6CooperBooked at 57mins
- 39WöberBooked at 14minsSubstituted forFirpoat 60'minutes
- 21StruijkBooked at 9minsSubstituted forAaronsonat 59'minutes
- 28McKennieSubstituted forRutterat 60'minutes
- 4Forshaw
- 5Koch
- 11HarrisonSubstituted forGnontoat 88'minutes
- 19Rodrigo
Substitutes
- 1Meslier
- 3Firpo
- 7Aaronson
- 8Roca
- 10Summerville
- 24Rutter
- 29Gnonto
- 42Greenwood
- 62Chilokoa-Mullen
Tottenham
Formation 4-4-2
- 20Forster
- 12Emerson Royal
- 6D Sánchez
- 34Lenglet
- 33Davies
- 23PorroSubstituted forLucas Mouraat 90+1'minutes
- 38BissoumaSubstituted forCraigat 77'minutes
- 4SkippSubstituted forAbbottat 90+1'minutes
- 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forRicharlisonat 76'minutes
- 21KulusevskiSubstituted forSarrat 67'minutes
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 9Richarlison
- 16Danjuma
- 25Tanganga
- 27Lucas Moura
- 29Sarr
- 40Austin
- 51Craig
- 58de Santiago Alonso
- 77Abbott
Live Text
Match ends, Leeds United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 4.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 4.
Goal! Leeds United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 4. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pape Sarr.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Lucas Moura replaces Pedro Porro.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. George Abbott replaces Oliver Skipp.
Hand ball by Luke Ayling (Leeds United).
Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Jack Harrison because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Jack Harrison (Leeds United).
Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Clément Lenglet.
Attempt saved. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davinson Sánchez.
Attempt saved. Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt missed. Georginio Rutter (Leeds United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Robin Koch.
Georginio Rutter (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Clément Lenglet (Tottenham Hotspur).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Leeds United).
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Matthew Craig replaces Yves Bissouma.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Richarlison replaces Son Heung-Min.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a through ball.
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