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 vs Everton
Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace was a fourth at home in the Premier League in 2021. City only lost five home games in the entirety of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined.
City have failed to score in three of their 11 Premier League matches, matching their total goalless tally from 38 games last season.
‘Cancelo can be our Lahm’ says Guardiola
Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, says that Joao Cancelo can emulate Bayern Munich legend Philipp Lahm if he continues to impress at left-back for City.
Regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, Lahm won 113 caps for his country during a glittering career and Guardiola believes Cancelo has similar attributes to the versatile German. He said:
“We didn’t have a proper left-back and Cancelo like Danilo can play on both sides. We were lucky [Oleksandr] Zinchenko and [Fabian] Delph adapted well there. Joao [Cancelo] can play both sides without a problem.
“He can use both legs perfectly. His natural position is right but he is adapting very well on the left now. When one player arrives from another culture, he needs time to adapt, even myself needed time. The way we wanted to play, he needed time. Sometimes you are patient, sometimes not.
“But Joao since he arrived he played good but he has one huge quality - he loves playing football! When you find a player like that, like Riyad [Mahrez], Phil [Foden] is like this - you have a diamond in your hands.
“Most players like football but these three players I mentioned are like little boys playing in the street or in school. This is great. That is why Joao is consistent in his game.
“Like now he plays like Philip [Lahm] did in Bayern when we were together. Philipp Lahm is the best player I’ve ever seen in my entire life at being a full-back moving inside. But Joao, like Dani Alves has the quality.”
Man City vs Everton: Team changes
Pep Guardiola makes three changes to the Manchester City starting XI that cruised to a 2-0 victory over Manchester United last time out. Aymeric Laporte replaces Ruben Dias to partner John Stones at centre-back, Kevin De Bruyne is out of the squad and Gabriel Jesus dropped to the bench. In their places come Cole Palmer and Raheem Sterling.
Rafa Benitez names an unchanged starting XI to the Everton side that drew 0-0 with Tottenham before the international break.
Man City vs Everton: Line-ups
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Palmer, Sterling, Foden
Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Digne, Godfrey, Delph, Allan, Townsend, Gordon, Gray, Richarlison
Man City vs Everton
Everton have won only one of the last 16 Premier League meetings between these two sides.
It was a 4-0 victory at Goodison Park in January 2017 and that defeat remains Pep Guardiola’s biggest top-flight defeat as a manager.
The Toffees are also winless in 11 away fixtures versus Manchester City in all competitions with four draws and seven defeats.
It seems they’re due a win. Can they upset City today? Team news will be out imminently...
Man City vs Everton
As their Manchester rivals are seemingly in turmoil, Manchester City are looking to move up to second in the table and within three points of league leaders Chelseas today.
They have won seven Premier League matches in a row against Everton, scoring 21 goals and conceding only five.
Everton meanwhile could lose eight successive games against the same opponent for only the second time in the Premier League era. They suffered nine straight defeats versus Manchester United between December 1999 and February 2004.
Manchester United next manager odds: Who are the favourites to succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer?
Now that Manchester United have parted company with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the club’s chastening 4-1 defeat by Watford, they are in search of a new manager.
Michael Carrick will take charge on a caretaker basis starting with United’s Champions League clash with Villarreal on Tuesday as the club look to appoint an interim manager until the end of the season. But who are the favourites to succeed Solskjaer?
The favourites to become next Manchester United manager
The Old Trafford hierarchy are set to begin their search for a new permanent boss
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Manchester United sack manager following Watford thrashing
If you’re just tuning in and have missed the big news of the morning, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been sacked by Manchester United following their 4-1 thrashing to Watford on Saturday.
The Norwegian’s time at Old Trafford comes to an end after almost three years in charge following a successful stint initially as caretaker boss from December 2018.
Manchester United sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The Norwegian’s time at Old Trafford comes to an end after almost three years following the 4-1 loss at Vicarage Road
Man City vs Everton: Recent results
Manchester City are looking to close the gap on Chelsea by picking up three points against Everton today. They bounced back from a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace to demolish Manchester United by the same score line at Old Trafford just before the international break and Pep Guardiola will want to kick start a winning run.
Everton ended a three-game losing streak with a goalless draw against Tottenham last time out. They sit 11th in the Premier League but could move as high as seventh if they find a way to win at the Etihad Stadium today. Everton’s last league victory came on 25th September and manager Rafa Benitez is under a little pressure to turn their form around.
Benitez on injuries and form
Everton manager Rafa Benitez says he wants his team to continue to show the character and mentality that earned them a draw against Tottenham last time out. He admits that injuries have hampered the Toffees’ season but is hopeful of turning around their dip in form as they head into the holiday season. Benitez said:
In the last game against Tottenham, the team showed character and the right mentality, and that’s what we have to do in every game. We know we are playing against a good team. We have confidence we can do well.
“The training sessions have been intense and everybody has been positive. The team started [the season] really well.
“We miss some players and we have some issues. Hopefully these players coming back will give us a boost and we will have a stronger team for the rest of the first part of the season – and especially for the second part of the season.”
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