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Gomes (8) – Fine handling in difficult conditions. Terrific save from Michalik header just after the first goal. Corluka (7) – Solid defensively, a bit subdued going forward. Bale (7) – Found Snodgrass a handful in the first half but turned it around in the second by bombing forward and causing Leeds non-stop problems. Bassong (7) – Handled...

Row G right behind the goal isn’t the best place in the world to watch a football game from but it was exactly the right spot from which to watch Jermain Defoe ultimately come out on top in what, over the two games, had turned into an almost personal battle between himself and Casper Ankergren, the Leeds keeper. Defoe completed his third hat-trick of the season...

Harry Redknapp felt that Jermain Defoe could have scored six goals in the 3-1 FA Cup replay win against Leeds United. Defoe scored all three goals agaisnt Leeds and walked away with the match ball, but missed some of his easier chances to score. Redknapp said: “It was nice to see him get his hat-trick. He could have scored six tonight in fairness. He had some great...

Tottenham Hotspur take on Leeds United at Elland Road in the FA Cup fourth round replay this evening. Leeds: Ankergren, Bromby, Michalik, Naylor, Hughes, Snodgrass, Howson, Doyle, Johnson, Becchio, Beckford. Subs: A Martin, Crowe, Grella, Robinson, Somma, Hatfield, White. Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Bassong, Dawson, Bale, Bentley, Huddlestone, Kranjcar, Jenas, Defoe, Crouch. Subs:...

Leeds United boss Simon Grayson has played down talk that his side will have an advantage over Tottenham Hotspur tonight because the game is at Elland Road. Grayson said: “Most of their players will have played at Elland Road, if not for Tottenham then for other clubs and they’ll have been aware of our fans at Old Trafford and at Tottenham, so I don’t...

We’re not in the best of shapes for our fourth round FA Cup replay at Leeds on Wednesday night. None of the new signings can play as they weren’t with us for the first game (Kaboul and Walker are cup-tied anyway), and of the familiar crew, Assou-Ekotto, Woodgate, King, Pavlyuchenko and Lennon are all injured and Hutton, Keane and Naughton have all been told...

Michael Dawson felt that the penalty decision which cost Spurs victory in the FA Cup tie against Leeds was harsh. The defender was adjudged by referee Alan Wiley of bringing Jermaine Beckford down in the penalty area deep into injury time while Spurs were leading 2-1/ “At the time I didn’t believe it was a penalty, maybe that’s just me in the heat of...

Tottenham Hotspur’s FA Cup replay against Leeds United has been selected for live television coverage. The match will now take place on Wednesday February 3rd with kick-off at 7.45pm and will be shown live on ITV.

Gomes (7) – Decent save from Snodgrass in the first half. Neither goal his fault. Hutton (6) – Got in some good positions going forward especially in the first half but didn’t make the most of them. Doesn’t inspire confidence at the back. Received our only booking. Bale (8) – Our outstanding player on the day. Excellent going forward...

“Oh well, these things happen” said the bloke behind me as Jermaine Beckford ran towards the partying Leeds fans after 96 minutes of rousing cup action at White Hart Lane. I’m not sure that philosophical view was taken by all Spurs fans who’d spent the previous couple of hours watching Tottenham promise but fail to deliver.  Harry’s...