Tottenham vs Leeds LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Follow all the reaction as Antonio Conte kickstarts his Spurs tenure with a first league win
Follow all the reaction after Tottenham Hotspur beat Leeds in the Premier League.
After a narrow victory over Vitesse and a stalemate against Everton prior to the international break, Antonio Conte’s Spurs tenure truly got underway, with the head coach having had more time to embed his philosophy.
Meanwhile, Leeds are poised just above the relegation zone after a disappointing start to the campaign. Marcelo Bielsa’s side have won just two out of 12 games so far, although they did seem to slowly be building momentum before the international break. Follow all the latest reaction below, live.
Man City 0 - 0 Everton
3 mins: Phil Foden curls the resultant free kick into the middle of the box but his cross goes over everyone and skips behind for a goalkick.
After that quickfire end-to-end opening Manchester City have slowed down the game by passing the ball around the backline and slowly edging their way into the Everton half. A loose pass rolls the ball to Jordan Pickford who slices it out of play for a City throw in.
Man City 0 - 0 Everton
Kick off: Manchester City get the ball rolling at the Etihad Stadium. Raheem Sterling makes his 300th Premier League appearance today, can he find a touch of form that he’s been lacking recently?
Everton take possession early on and move forward on the front foot. They work the ball into the box from the left side and find Anthony Gordon arriving from the right. He has a shot blocked and City clear their lines moving up the pitch on the counter-attack. Sterling makes a run down the right wing and receives the ball before being taken out by Lucas Digne.
Frantic start to the game.
Man City vs Everton
The teams make their way out onto the pitch at the Etihad Stadium. Man City can move up to second if they beat Everton today meanwhile the Toffees would leapfrog Manchester United into seventh if they pick up the three points. Kick off is next...
Man City vs Everton
Rafa Benitez has won just two of his nine away league fixtures as a manager versus Manchester City, with both victories coming with Liverpool.
Man City vs Everton
Gabriel Jesus averages a goal every 69 minutes against Everton in the Premier League but starts on the bench for Man City today.
Full-back Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in seven goals in 17 games in all competitions for Manchester City this season (two goals, five assists), just one fewer than his total in 43 appearances in 2020-21 (three goals, five assists).
Guardiola on ‘undroppable’ Bernardo Silva
Pep Guardiola says that Bernardo Silva has made himself ‘undroppable’ due to his recent performances for Manchester City and the flexibility in which he can be used all over the pitch. Guardiola said:
Now he is undroppable because of what he does on the pitch, sometimes he didn’t play because he wasn’t undroppable; he was not at the level. The year we got 98 points and won the league, he was the best.
“It’s difficult to find a player like him in the world right now. But the season is long and the tiredness is coming. Normally it happens because he is strong and a huge competitor and he is a lovely guy.
“He can play six positions - holding midfielder, attacking midfielder, (left) winger, striker, false nine, the other winger - and can play everywhere. He is so smart, so intuitive, so intelligent.
“He’s a player who knows exactly what is going on every single action of the game and the right decision has been made. He does it.
“That’s why he is a player like he has done. He has played the games he played at Anfield, Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford, Brighton - one of the toughest games of the season is Brighton away - and Leicester.
“Always he played at a level that is: ‘Wow’. Hopefully he can be fit, hungry and competitive to continue to give us what he is doing.”
Man City vs Everton
Manchester City could go successive home league fixtures without scoring for the first time in 11 years. A team managed by Pep Guardiola has never failed to net in consecutive top-flight home matches.
City have registered 221 sequences of 10 or more passes in the Premier League this season, the most of any club.
Ilkay Gundogan wants to see consistency from Manchester City after derby victory
Ilkay Gundogan described Manchester City’s derby victory over Manchester United as fun and enjoyable but now wants to see its intensity matched consistently.
The champions were dominant in all departments as they eased to a comfortable 2-0 success over arch-rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford just before the international break.
Ilkay Gundogan wants to see consistency from Manchester City after derby victory
The champions were dominant in all departments as they eased to a comfortable 2-0 success over arch-rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Man City vs Everton
Everton are winless in their last five Premier League games with two draws and three defeats.
It is their longest sequence without a win since a six-game streak under Sam Allardyce in January 2018.
The Toffees have lost three of their last six Premier League away matches, following a run of one defeat in the previous 14.
Richarlison talks Manchester City
Everton forward Richarlison believes his side can earn a positive result against Manchester City today despite facing the Premier League champions with a number of influential players missing.
Writing for Evertonfc.com Richarlison outlined his thoughts on today’s game and hopes his team can impose themselves on the game and hopefully cause City problems. He said:
We are preparing to face, in my opinion, the best team in the country on Sunday.
“But our performance against Tottenham Hotspur before the international break generated belief and we can gain momentum with a positive result at Manchester City.
“We were frustrated not to turn one point into three against Spurs – we showed a different attitude and with a break of the ball or different refereeing decision could have won – but the most important thing was to draw a line under a difficult spell.
“The fact we are still missing some influential players makes going to Manchester City even more complicated but, I completely agree with the manager, we have to find ways of winning matches without those players. We have shown in some games that it is possible and, even though the squad is small, there is enough quality to manage this situation.
“Manchester City are such a fluid, attacking team, with a solid defensive base. They have won three of the past four Premier League titles and were Champions League finalists in May.
“We know what we are up against, then, but we also know what we have in our dressing room. The idea is to have the same mentality as against Spurs, to stand up for ourselves and impose our rhythm on the game.”
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