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Roberto De Zerbi has a chat pinch Sky:
double quotation markWe played very good successful Birmingham [beating Aston Villa 2-1], and I deliberation nan full thought was to support nan aforesaid first XI. But I’m fortunate besides connected nan chair I person bully players.
We person to hide nan past 2 wins. We person to support conscionable nan aforesaid spirit, nan aforesaid style of play, because we request to play shot if we want different triumph tonight. And to beryllium positive, but we can’t hide what nan business was 2 weeks ago.
He’s asked if nan truth Leeds are now safe mightiness make his team’s occupation a small easier:
double quotation markNothing changes, particularly successful nan Premier League. You spot Burnley against Villa yesterday – each games are very tough. To triumph we person to play our best, to fight, to run, to work, but to play according to our qualities. For sure, nan first 10 minutes we person to commencement beardown to [keep] nan fans pinch us. But we person to play 90 minutes and other time, because we are not successful a information to deliberation we tin adjacent nan crippled wrong 90 minutes.
The teams
No messing about, present are today’s teams:
Tottenham Hotspur: Kinsky, Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie, Joao Palhinha, Bentancur, Muani, Gallagher, Tel, Richarlison. Subs: Austin, Dragusin, Bissouma, Maddison, Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Sarr, Souza.
Leeds: Darlow, Justin, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk, Stach, Ampadu, Tanaka, James, Calvert-Lewin, Aaronson. Subs: Lucas Perri, Longstaff, Piroe, Nmecha, Bornauw, Byram, Gnonto, Chadwick, Lienou.
Referee: Jarred Gillett.
Hello world! Yesterday, arsenic a consequence of Arsenal’s triumph complete West Ham, Leeds United secured different play of top-flight football. Their conflict against relegation is over. And today, freed from nan accent of uncertainty arsenic good arsenic nan thrust of desperation, they sojourn 1 of now conscionable 2 clubs still vying to debar nan drop. Will they now relax, and if truthful will that alteration them to find a new, higher level connected which to play, aliases conscionable drain them of each motivation?
Spurs would prime action two, thankyouverymuch. After winning their past 2 convention games, some distant from home, they are 1 constituent supra West Ham, pinch importantly amended extremity difference, and pinch 1 crippled (this one) successful hand. That extremity quality intends that if they negociate to triumph today, West Ham are apt to request victories successful some of their remaining fixtures, and for Spurs to triumph neither of theirs while losing astatine slightest one, if nan Hammers are to beryllium reprieved. It really feels for illustration coming mightiness beryllium decisive. But if it isn’t, you whitethorn request to cognize nan 2 teams’ fixtures aft today:
Tottenham
19 May: Chelsea (a)
24 May: Everton (h)
West Ham
17 May: Newcastle (a)
24 May: Leeds (h)
Plus those of Leeds, because they’re really playing coming truthful it would beryllium rude not to:
17 May: Brighton (h)
24 May: West Ham (a)
Pre-match reading
Here’s David Hytner connected Antonin Kinsky, nan goalkeeper whose cognition has helped Spurs successful conflict for Premier League survival:
When Antonin Kinsky had his Madrid episode, location was an presumption that he would not play again for Tottenham this season. And possibly not nan adjacent one, either. The 23-year-old goalkeeper would person to rebuild himself elsewhere, astir apt connected loan. Perhaps, fixed nan standard of nan scary against Atlético successful nan Champions League past 16 first limb connected 10 March – and location really is nary request to rake complete nan specifications – a imperishable transportation whitethorn person been an option.
Kinsky’s comeback has been extraordinary; an inspiration to everybody astatine nan club. With nan first-choice selection, Guglielmo Vicario, undergoing hernia room towards nan extremity of March, Roberto De Zerbi has counted connected nan Czech successful each of his 4 matches successful charge. The head has not been fto down.
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