Tottenham Hotspur vs Leeds United result, video, goals, highlights; Noah Okafor goal

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Tottenham Hotspur moved into second place on the Premier League ladder with a 2-1 away win against Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday.

Mathys Tel and Mohammed Kudus scored for Spurs either side of halftime while Noah Okafor got on the scoresheet for Leeds.

Kudus also contributed the assist for Tel's goal to consign the home side to a first league defeat at Elland Road in over a year.

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Tel led the line for Spurs and he gave them the lead in the 23rd minute with a deflected strike before Okafor quickly equalised when Guglielmo Vicario parried a shot into his path for a simple tap-in.

Okafor's goal looked confusing at first with two balls appearing in the box.

The match ball was the one that ended up in the back of the net while an inflatable dribbled towards goal after the strike.

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Vicario viscously hit the inflatable ball away and was "fuming with the referee" according to former Leeds and Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson on Stan's coverage.

However, any objection wasn't going to change the referee's mind.

As the rain came pelting down in the second half, Kudus pounced on a defensive error to surge towards goal and another deflected shot beat Leeds keeper Karl Darlow to give Spurs a 2-1 lead and the Ghanaian his first goal for the club.

Leeds's unbeaten home run ended at 23 league games as Spurs moved provisionally up to second in the table on 14 points, a point behind Liverpool who visit Chelsea later on.

Leeds are 12th with eight points.

Kudus has been a huge hit after signing from West Ham.

"The main man," former Spurs star Jermain Defoe said on Stan Sport's coverage.

"Every time his teammates got it, he was the one that you looked to, to try and create something.

"Deserved a goal, you know, he works hard for the team, he's done his work back, but every time he lands on it, it just feels like something's gonna happen.

"So strong, technically he's so good and took his goal really well.

"He's a unique footballer, he's strong, he never loses the ball, always retains the ball.

"You can trust him when he lands on it and does his work back, which is so important, especially away from home.

"But then in the final third, when he gets it, you always fancy him to create or score a goal."

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