Tottenham player accused of injuring Dominic Calvert-Lewin in win over Leeds
Leeds lost their lengthy unbeaten home record after being beaten 2-1 by Tottenham at Elland Road on Saturday.
Goals from Mathys Tel and Mohammed Kudus were enough to claim all three points for Spurs.
Noah Okafor scored for Leeds, and they had chances to equalise, but they were unable to take them.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin had some good openings in the first half, but was mostly well covered by Tottenham defenders Cristian Romero and Micky Van de Ven.
Stuart Pearce delivers worrying ‘half-injured’ verdict on Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Calvert-Lewin was compared to legendary Leeds striker Lee Chapman earlier in the week, but he came off second best in most duels against Van de Ven in particular.
Covering the game for talkSPORT, former England defender Stuart Pearce was quick to note Van de Ven’s dominance against the former England striker.
And, worryingly for Leeds, Pearce suggested that Van de Ven might have ‘half-injured’ the striker during the game.
He said: “[Van de Ven] almost dismissed him. You can tell by the way that he plays with the ball at his feet that he fears him not at all, and I think he’s half-injured him.”
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Leeds need to try and not become too reliant on Calvert-Lewin
There wasn’t much between the two sides, and it’s fair to say that Tottenham might be counting their lucky stars to come away with all three points.
There weren’t too many clear chances for either team. It was simply a case of Tottenham taking enough of their chances and Leeds not.
| Leeds | Tottenham | |
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Shots on goal | 16 | 9 |
| Possession | 57 | 43 |
Leeds are in danger of becoming too reliant on Calvert-Lewin. They don’t want to be a team that doesn’t play well when their star man isn’t firing.
Daniel Farke had plenty of compliments for Joel Piroe earlier in the week, and the Dutchman was thrown on as Leeds chased an equaliser with 10 minutes to go.
Sadly, he was barely given a sniff either, apart from a late chance in stoppage time that was wasted.
Calvert-Lewin remains a worthy Plan A for Leeds, but the lack of a Plan B could be worrying.
Despite Pearce’s ‘half-injured’ verdict, Calvert-Lewin finished the game against Tottenham. He’ll now have a couple of weeks to rest during the upcoming international break.
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