Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leeds United 1.
Antonio Conte secured his first Premier League win in charge of Tottenham as Spurs staged an impressive second-half comeback to beat struggling Leeds.
The hosts failed to manage a single shot on or off target in a lacklustre opening 45 minutes with the determined visitors by far the better side.
Kalvin Phillips had an early free kick saved by Hugo Lloris and Adam Forshaw drove just wide before Leeds opened the scoring as half time approached when Daniel James stabbed in Jack Harrison's excellent cross.
There were some boos from the home fans as Tottenham left the pitch for the break, but Conte's side were much improved after the restart, twice hitting the woodwork early on.
First, Harry Kane - anonymous in the first half - broke clear of the defence and his powerful low effort squirmed under Illan Meslier and hit the base of the upright before Song Heung-min's heavily-deflected strike hit the crossbar.
The equaliser arrived just before the hour mark when Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg curled into the far corner after good work by Lucas Moura.
Tottenham kept up the pressure and the turnaround was complete in the 69th minute when Eric Dier's free-kick deflected off the wall and onto the post, but Sergio Reguilon was there to poke in the rebound and score his first Premier League goal for Spurs.
The home side then closed out the game to secure a win that moves them up to seventh, four points off the top four.
Leeds, meanwhile, remain 17th and just two points above the relegation zone.
A tale of two contrasting halves
When Conte emerged from the tunnel before the start of the game there was applause from the home fans as they greeted their new manager for his first game in the league at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
But that was all they had to cheer about in a significantly below-par display in the first half.
Meslier was untroubled in the Leeds goal as Tottenham's wait for a shot on target in the Premier League passed the four-hour mark. Kane, fresh from scoring seven goals in two international appearances, never looked like adding to his solitary Premier League goal as he again struggled to make an impact at club level.
Leeds, in contrast, looked like the team of last season as they attacked with pace and precision and belied their injury problems to put in a dominant performance.
But the game turned on its head in the second half as whatever Conte said at the interval worked wonders.
Spurs came out looking considerably more alert, quicker to every ball, more direct with their attacks and could have won by a bigger margin but for the woodwork. Son also sent a dipping strike just wide in the closing stages.
There is still work to be done, most notably finding out how to get the best out of Kane.
But the manner in which Conte was able to rectify what was so wrong in the opening period bodes well for Tottenham fans' hopes of success under the Italian, who is yet to taste defeat since replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
Player of the match
JamesDaniel James
Tottenham Hotspur
Avg
- Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-minAverage rating
6.46
- Squad number3Player nameReguilónAverage rating
6.32
- Squad number27Player nameLucas MouraAverage rating
6.26
- Squad number5Player nameHøjbjergAverage rating
6.08
- Squad number1Player nameLlorisAverage rating
6.01
- Squad number15Player nameDierAverage rating
5.61
- Squad number6Player nameD SánchezAverage rating
5.54
- Squad number25Player nameTangangaAverage rating
5.50
- Squad number33Player nameDaviesAverage rating
5.47
- Squad number19Player nameRyan SessegnonAverage rating
5.46
- Squad number12Player nameEmerson RoyalAverage rating
5.36
- Squad number8Player nameWinksAverage rating
5.11
- Squad number20Player nameAlliAverage rating
4.92
- Squad number10Player nameKaneAverage rating
4.75
Leeds United
Avg
- Squad number20Player nameJamesAverage rating
7.75
- Squad number23Player namePhillipsAverage rating
7.69
- Squad number30Player nameGelhardtAverage rating
7.34
- Squad number22Player nameHarrisonAverage rating
7.23
- Squad number4Player nameForshawAverage rating
7.08
- Squad number21Player nameStruijkAverage rating
6.84
- Squad number15Player nameDallasAverage rating
6.75
- Squad number14Player nameLlorenteAverage rating
6.74
- Squad number1Player nameMeslierAverage rating
6.71
- Squad number43Player nameKlichAverage rating
6.47
- Squad number6Player nameCooperAverage rating
6.41
- Squad number39Player nameMcKinstryAverage rating
5.87
- Squad number3Player nameFirpoAverage rating
5.48
- Squad number11Player nameRobertsAverage rating
4.64
Line-ups
Tottenham
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Lloris
- 25TangangaSubstituted forD Sánchezat 68'minutes
- 15Dier
- 33Davies
- 12Emerson RoyalBooked at 90mins
- 5Højbjerg
- 8Winks
- 3ReguilónSubstituted forR Sessegnonat 79'minutes
- 27Lucas MouraSubstituted forAlliat 88'minutes
- 7Son Heung-min
- 10Kane
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 6D Sánchez
- 11Gil
- 14Rodon
- 19R Sessegnon
- 20Alli
- 22Gollini
- 23Bergwijn
- 28Ndombele
Leeds
Formation 3-3-3-1
- 1Meslier
- 14Llorente
- 6CooperBooked at 67mins
- 23PhillipsBooked at 90mins
- 4ForshawBooked at 65minsSubstituted forRobertsat 72'minutes
- 21Struijk
- 43KlichSubstituted forFirpoat 59'minutes
- 15Dallas
- 22Harrison
- 20James
- 30GelhardtBooked at 30minsSubstituted forMcKinstryat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Firpo
- 11Roberts
- 13Klaesson
- 35Cresswell
- 37Drameh
- 39McKinstry
- 42Greenwood
- 45McCarron
- 47Jenkins
- Referee:
- Andre Marriner
- Attendance:
- 58,989
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home43%
- Away57%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away18
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away7
- Corners
- Home4
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away12
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leeds United 1.
Booking
Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Kane tries a through ball, but Dele Alli is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon.
Booking
Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Daniel James (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dele Alli replaces Lucas Moura.
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Diego Llorente (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution
Substitution, Leeds United. Stuart McKinstry replaces Joe Gelhardt.
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Attempt saved. Daniel James (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Pascal Struijk.
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Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Joe Gelhardt (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur).
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Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Sergio Reguilón.
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Attempt missed. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Davinson Sánchez.
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Favourable fixtures coming up. Let’s hope for some points!
COYS
seriously, Leeds a tad unlucky, think we will be safe once we get our players back from injury.
Spurs crowd lifted their team 2nd half.
As a Leeds fan, I still don't worry about a relegation fight. After all, we're still only 6 points away from 7th place.
We need to get our injured players back though, and we do have an inadequately small squad.
Arsenal got stuffed
West Ham lost
We stole 3 points
Under Conte we will get better so onwards and upwards
C O Y S
The crap that we put up with from the other 2 managers
So a win is a win
So well done SPURS and
Well played Leeds.