11:50
Now, Spurs v Leeds should be crazy, but it is not the most delicious game this noon. If I were you, I’d go this way.
Pregame reading
All work and no play make José a dull boy. You will love the fact that Burnley also received a24-hourr notice.
“Covid thinowCovid that, why don’t you play for them?”
YenowI am afraid there is more Covid news: tomorrow’s match between Burnley and Fulham is canceled after more positive tests at Craven Cottage.
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11:38
Spurs return to a back room, with Toby Alderweireld and StevenBeginn replacingDavidsonn Sánchez and SergiRegionon. Erik Lamela is not even on the roster. HeRegionon and Giovani Lo Celso were photographed breaking Covid rules with West Ham’s ManueLandingni and other less famous people on Christmas Day. Lo Celso is injured, so he wouldn’t have been involved anyway.
Leeds hasn’t changed, but you already knew that.
Rhyjamses
(@rhysjamesy)Absolutely unacceptable mix of Lo CelsoRegionon and Lamela on Christmas Day. I suppose they don’t understand the seriousness of the situation, but you DO NOT fraternize with a West Ham player.
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11:34
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) Lloris; Doherty, Alderweireld, Dier, Davies; WinksHomburgrg; BeginnDoublele, Jr.; Kane.
Substitutes: HartRegionon, RodonTanzaniaga, Sissoko, Alli, FernandenowLucas Moura, Vinicius.
Leeds United (4-1-4-1) Meslier; DallanowAylingStruckjkAlmostki; Phillips; Raphinha, RodrigoWhichch, Harrison; Bamford.
Substitutes: Casilla, Cresswell, Casey, Hernandez, Shackleton, JenkinnowPoveda-Ocampo, Costa, Huggins.
Referee David Coote.
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10:40
Preamble
Hello, happy new year and welcome to one of the first delicacies of 2021. You could make a movie poster for this game, with slogans pasted from top to bottom in a font that oozes seriousness. Cynicism versus optimism; pragmatism versus idealism; Kane vs. Ayling; seventh or eleventh; counterattack v attack-attack-attack; Manifest charisma against inscrutable charisma. Mourinho againsBailssa.
Yenowit is Spurs v Leednowthe first meeting between two of the most iconic coaches in world football since April 2013. José Mourinho has a perfect record against MarceBailslsa (his Real Madrid won all four games against Athletic Bilbao between 2011- 13) and might I really want to extend that today.
The Spurs have won just two points in their last four league gamenowfalling to seventh in the table as a result. The media, traditional and social, adore a Mourinho crisinowso he can’t afford maworsebad results. However, if Spurs win thinowtheir game in hand, they will move within four points of Liverpool and Manchester United. It’s HokComakey’s title race.
Leeds will remain 11th unless they win by three goalnowbut a win would put them on par with fifth-ranked Chelsea; That’s how close the league is at 11:29 a.m. on January 2, 2021.
Leeds last four games have ended 5-2, 2-6, 1-0 and 5-0, so don’t bother trying to predict what might happen, or understand when it will happen. Just serve up some good kombucha – new yearnownew you, right – swing a boot on the nearest footstool and enjoy the entertainment.
Kick off 12.30 p.m.
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