Result: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Leeds United
Date: 02 January 2021
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur climbed up to third on the Premier League table after defeating Leeds United 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Spurs were well rested after their game with Fulham was postponed on Thursday evening, while Leeds were unchanged from the side that thrashed West Bromwich Albion on Wednesday.
After a relatively quiet first half, Patrick Bamford had a chance to put Leeds ahead on 21 minutes after getting on the end of Raphinha's cross but he was unable to steer his header on target.
Seven minutes later, Spurs were awarded a penalty when Steven Bergwijn was brought down by Alioski after a VAR review. Harry Kane stepped up and made no mistake from the spot to hand Spurs the lead with his 10th league goal of the season.
While Leeds were pushing for an equaliser, they were caught on the break by Spurs as Kane's superb cross found Heung-min Son, who netted with a neat first-time finish just before the break.
The hosts managed to bag a third goal five minutes after the break through Toby Alderweireld, who nodded home Son's corner at the near post.
Leeds did manage to carve out a couple half chances, with Pablo Hernandez and Poveda going close after the hour mark while Illan Meslier denied Kane soon after.
Spurs were barely troubled in the latter stages of the second half as they went on to claim a comfortable win to move up to third spot.
