Leeds United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – as it happened

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Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live - The Guardian

Key events

Aaron Bower was at Elland Road. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.

De Zerbi has 'big confidence' in referee

Roberto De Zerbi – who having picked up a booking today will be missing from the touchline for the visit of Ipswich in a fortnight’s time - talks to TNT. “The first half, we played well … the second half, we deserved to lose the game … we lost all duels … we didn’t play like we can … it’s a journey for us … we can learn from this game … there was a way to play better … to defend better … I am sorry for the result but most of all I am sorry for the performance in the second half … we didn’t play like a top team … we played without the right spirit, the right character, the right physicality in the duels … it is tough to accept this defeat after those good games in a row … but it is part of the journey … the most important thing is to understand why we didn’t play well in the second half … it’s just a mental aspect.”

As for the Bogle tackle: “Pedro Porro was [booked for] a normal duel … an incredible yellow card … the first situation of Mathys Tel I didn’t see so I can’t say … I have big confidence in the referee … nothing changes if he goes to watch the clip or not … there was the VAR … if they didn’t take the right decision, I don’t know … we have to keep our eyes on the performance, which can improve.”

He also reports that James Maddison was not fit enough to play much more than 15 minutes, hence his remaining on the bench.

Farke: Bogle is 'my butterfly'

Daniel Farke speaks to TNT Sports. “We are very happy against an in-form Tottenham side … the second half it was never in doubt … we missed a few chances but we were relentless … great commitment … great unity … fully deserved … Noah Okafor was a week out … so credit to the doctors … they told me to stay disciplined and only put him on the pitch for 15, 20 minutes … an ice-cold finish … we need to stay cool in the head … close the centre … be technically spot on … to be brave … committed in the moments when we can press … I think we found a good balance today … it’s good to have the winning feeling back in the dressing room, so credit to my boys.”

His view on the Bogle tackle: “I haven’t watched it back … there were several doubtful situations … a possible handball … I just know Jayden Bogle does nothing with any bad intention … it looked like a coming together … an unlucky outcome that Mathys [Tel] is injured … we wish him all the best … the last thing Bogle is, is a nasty player … he is probably the softest player in the whole league … I always call him my butterfly! … never he has bad intention, which I can guarantee, but of course I hope Mathys can recover quickly.”

Post-match postbag. “Thankfully, on NBC in the US, the Nevilles were on at halftime to explain that the Bogle tackle looks worse than it actually was, and that as fullbacks, they did that a thousand times in their career. Case closed!” – Robert Bodendorf

“The absurdity of the English ref clown show is making the Premier League unwatchable. They are far too concerned with narrative and managing the game rather than officiating it. You need no other evidence beyond them looking at a clear and obvious red card for five minutes with their hands over their heads as they agonise over giving Spurs a third match against ten men while Leeds need a win. It’s a joke and it’s going to kill off the ‘best league in the world’ status the Prem has right now” – Travis Antolik

“Not a penalty. The reverse angle shows it hits the shoulder, not a hand ball. Red card all day” – Conor Clarke

Noah Okafor speaks to TNT. “All I want is to help the team as much as I can … happy about the goal but more happy with the three points.” And here’s how those points change everything, ahead of what remains of matchday 10, with Spurs remaining in tenth spot and Leeds leapfrogging them into eighth.

Leeds celebrate their big win as local lads Kaiser Chiefs predict a riot. They were much the better side in the second half, the only surprise being the deciding goal took so long to arrive. Its scorer Noah Okafor wasn’t hanging around, mind: he’d only been on the pitch for 97 seconds when he found the net! On the balance of play, it’s a richly deserved victory for Leeds, who might have had a penalty early doors – conflicting pictorial evidence exists of the ball hitting Mateus Fernandes on the arm/shoulder, so pick your poison and take your position – then completely dominated the second half. The one huge elephant in the room, however, is Jayden Bogle’s crude connection with Mathys Tel’s achilles, which should have resulted in a first-half red card, and would surely have changed the course of the game. But here we are. Premier League football, at its wild and unpredictable best, for all its faults.

Updated at 15.40 CET

FULL TIME: Leeds United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

The whistle goes, and Leeds claim three well-earned points. Much the better side. Bogle on Tel, though.

Updated at 15.28 CET

GOAL! Leeds United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Okafor 79)

Bard throws in from the left. Wilson swivels just inside the box, chesting down and teeing up Okafor, who takes a touch infield before lashing a shot across Kinsky and into the bottom left! Lovely move, and what a substitution!

Updated at 15.22 CET

Updated at 14.58 CET

Leeds get the second half started. They’ve replaced Gudmundsson with Bard.

Half-time postbag. “Both feet are off the ground. That’s Bogle’s entire weight on Tel’s Achilles. That can lead to a serious injury. Bizarre decision” – Martin Perring

“Why do red cards exist if not precisely to protect players?” – John from Norway

“The most insane thing about VAR, and there are so many insane things about it, is that we have to watch replays of a player OBVIOUSLY doing a red-card challenge one thousand times in slow-motion, and it ends with not even a yellow. The chicken-shit nature of it all, the incompetence, all elevated because of technology. I hate it so, so much” – Øivind Idsø

“There’s overthinking it, as you say, but this is like they’ve been given a task to find a reason for not giving that as a red, rocking and rolling desperately, frame-by-frame. The explanation they release for not giving a red should be a corker. Meanwhile, whatever happened to ‘clear and obvious’? VAR is almost single-handedly turning me into a grumpy old man. I’ll be off out now to shout at some pigeons” – Rob Knap

“I’ve supported VAR from the start. It was always going to have teething issues as it was implemented, and it was never going to 100% eliminate mistakes. Subjectivity is still a thing. But, my word, they don’t half make it hard to defend at times. It should be established now, a mature technology with most of the errors ironed out. If anything, though, It’s getting worse. I’m not in the ‘Bin it’ camp yet, but I’m a lot closer than I was at the start of the season” – Matt Dony

“Committees are an extremely useful method for decision making, especially when people have time to deliberate. But perhaps football refereeing isn’t suited to committees” – Kári Tulinius

“That would have been a red card at Elland Road in the 70s” – Gary Naylor

HALF TIME: Leeds United 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Leeds should have had a penalty; they should also have had a man sent off. The players walk down the tunnel. The referee was planning to drive away in his car, but the doors and square wheels have fallen off and there’s all smoke coming out of the radiator.

Updated at 14.17 CET

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