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Newcastle left Tottenham in a relegation battle, while Chelsea threw away. two-goal lead against Leeds Thank you very much for joining me. Until we meet again. Jacob Steinberg was close to the action as Chelsea chucked away a two-goal lead against Leeds. Andy Hunter witnessed Bournemouth turning things around to win at Everton. David Hytner was at Tottenham tonight to put out how bleak things look for Thomas Frank. Jacob Ramsey: “It’s been a while, I was playing a a little higher up today. The manager has been telling me to get my numbers up and thankfully I got a goal today. ” “On the positive side for Spurs, they are currently one place above where they finished in the PL table last season, ” says Gary. Do not forget that Scott Murray has all the latest from West Ham v Man United. Those who stayed at Tottenham offered plenty of boos at full time. Spurs are 16th, three points above the dropzone and they were pretty awful tonight. What a turnaround and point for Leeds. The less said about Palmer’s miss the better. A hard-fought win against 10 men. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: A final chance … Chelsea have a free kick on the left. Neto crosses the ball in and it defeats everyone. We have a VAR check for a penalty that no one is claiming for. It is not given. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: A Solanke overhead kick is blocked and then Van de Ven thrashes over. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: With Spurs chasing the game, it is silent inside the ground. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: WHAT A MISS! You will not see many worse. Caicedo flashes a cross to Palmer unmarked a yard out and he sends his shot over. Incredible. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: Six minutes added on. The Hammers are ahead. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Hato finds Joao Pedro who heads onto the top of the bar! Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Neto finds Joao Pedro at the far post but his header takes a nick off someone for a corner. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Six minutes added on. Stamford Bridge is excited. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: The visitors are dropping deep but Spurs look to have nothing about them once more. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Neto cuts in from the right and clips a cross to the back post, it evades everyone but Darlow is worried it is heading into the bottom corner, leaving him relieved when he drifts an inch wide. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: Simons sends in a corner from the left, Dragusin heads it back towards goal but Pope fists it clear. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: The hosts are dominating at the moment but Leeds are resilient. Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: A big final 15 minutes here. Spurs will be only five points above the dropzone in 16th if things stay the same. Chris Paraskevas emails: “Massive credit to Elanga and Ramsey tonight: both produced their best performances since joining, working much harder than in previous games. Ramsey deserved his goal and dovetailed nicely with Willock (albeit against a midfield providing enough space for any sort of oblong to turn and drive at goal unopposed). ” Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Justin produces a superb last-ditch tackle to stop Hato from scoring. Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: The Leeds tails are up! Kári Tulinius writes: “I’ve been struck by how ponderous Tottenham are. While they have individual players who are fleet of thought and foot, they keep having to look up and scan where their teammates are. The best sides are seemingly part of the same hive mind, Spurs seemingly barely know who the other players are. ” GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Leeds: Calamity at the back for Chelsea. They mess around and Bogle nips it. The ball touches his arm as he drives into the box, causing panic, with the ball eventually running loose to Okafor who taps into an empty net. Pure chaos! RED CARD! Everton 1-2 Bournemouth: O’Brien is dismissed for stopping Adli going through on goal. GOAL! Tottenham 1-2 Newcastle: The visitors have reacted since the equaliser. They end a Spurs counter and come straight back at them. Gordon works smartly on the edge of the box and finds Ramsey, who directs his shot into the corner. OOOF! It is turning into a cracker. Tottenham 1-1 Newcastle: Van de Ven puts his body on the line to block a Barnes shot. In other news, Tottenham have a second player booked for diving. A truly pathetic one for Simons. Cherries are ahead thanks to a header. Sarr knocks a corner back into a danger area and Gray turns it home. Leeds are back in this. Chelsea 2-0 Leeds: PENALTY TO LEEDS! Caicedo takes down Bogle. Chelsea 2-0 Leeds: Neto is sent on for Estevao. All level. Truffert picks out the young Brazilian in the box and he does the rest. Chelsea 2-0 Leeds: It’s all happening inside the Leeds box. Joao Pedro takes the ball off Chalobah’s toes and the shot is blocked. Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Tottenham have started playing. Simons whips in a free-kick from the left, which instigates some head tennis before the ball is finally cleared. Everton 1-0 Bournemouth: Barry has another fine chance but Jimenez is in the way. Palmer sends Darlow the wrong way after Bijol pushes over Joao Pedro in the box. Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Sarr is the first person to check Pope is awake, smashing a shot from 25 yards but the goalkeeper is more than equal to it. Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Gray does well down the right and gets into plenty of space inside the box, giving him time to pick his spot, he aims for Tel but his finish is pretty woeful, sending his volley well over. Chelsea 1-0 Leeds: Okafor is being sent on to replace Bornauw. Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Guimaraes swings in a corner from the left which Ramsey whips towards goal, while under no pressure, but it is deflected behind. From the second corner, Willock dives to the ground wanting a penalty. He ain’t getting on. Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Elanga goes down under pressure from Spence in the box. Anthony Taylor shakes his head and we carry on. Spurs still look dreadful. “Peter Crosby is exactly on point, ” says Ernst Draxl. “I never understood so called fans booing their own team during a match. Afterwards its okay if they didn’t give everything. People have to understand that they don’t have a right for success or even joy only because they buy a ticket - like when you go to a theatre. You have to support your team whatever the outcome otherwise you are not a supporter but just a customer who made a wrong choice. ” Tottenham 0-1 Newcastle: Palhinha on for Bissouma. Chelsea 1-0 Leeds: Supposedly, taking Cucurella off was a tactic decision … We are starting up once more. Chelsea 1-0 Leeds: Hato is on for Cucurella. Half-time reading: Martin Gamage says: “And the chorus of boos ring out at Spurs. I don’t bet as a rule but as a Spurs fan I’m going to hedge my disappointment and put some money on this Spurs team to go down. I genuinely don’t think they have the stomach for this fight. Newcastle have been by far the better team. ” Do not forget we have West Ham v Man United going on, too. Almost 10 minutes in over in East London.