Premier League 2000 2001 Leeds Tottenham

 30 septembre 2000

Elland Road Leeds 

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Leeds United: Nigel Martyn, Ian Harte, Gary Kelly, Dominic Matteo, Danny Mills, Lucas Radebe (Danny Hay 45), Olivier Dacourt (Stephen McPhail 35), Eirik Bakke, Lee Bowyer, Alan Smith, Mark Viduka (Michael Bridges 81)  

Tottenham Hotspur: Neil Sullivan, Stephen Carr, Chris Perry, Ben Thatcher, Ramon Vega, Steffen Freund, Tim Sherwood, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Les Ferdinand (Darren Anderton 30), Steffen Iversen, Sergei Rebrov

It was apprentice versus master at Elland Road in September 2000 as David O’Leary went up against his former boss George Graham. O’Leary’s Leeds had done a league double in the previous season over Graham’s Spurs outfit. However, it was Tottenham who were three points and four places ahead in the table going into this match. The early stages were hard-fought, demonstrated by Les Ferdinand’s early departure. A sickening clash of heads with Lucas Radebe ended his afternoon prematurely. He was replaced by Darren Anderton. Radebe lasted until half-time when he was replaced, still feeling the after-effects of the collision.

Spurs dusted themselves down from the setback of losing Ferdinand and took the lead on 37 minutes. Summer signing Sergei Rebrov scored his third of the season with a guided shot which seemed to go through Nigel Martyn who might have been unsighted with players in his eyeline.

Leeds were only 10th in the standings but levelled the game up in the 52nd minute, beginning a frantic period of five goals in 12 minutes. Lee Bowyer’s looped cross was palmed onto the post by Neil Sullivan and the loose ball was smashed into the empty net by Mark Viduka. It was his first-ever Premier League goal and three minutes later, the nomadic Australian had doubled his tally for the afternoon. His instincts were first-class to divert a Gary Kelly shot back in the other direction, leaving Sullivan stranded and Tottenham behind for the first time in the contest.

The visitors clearly looked rattled and the scoreline was about to get worse. Alan Smith won a free-kick for a cheap foul conceded by Stephen Carr. From the resultant delivery, Bowyer’s cross was met by Smith who got in-between two Tottenham players to put Leeds two goals clear.

Graham would have been furious to see his side concede so sloppily from a set-piece but less than two minutes later, Chris Perry got the visitors back into the match. Anderton’s superb free-kick was met by Perry at the back post. Unfortunately for Graham, his side were going to let themselves down again at another set-piece on 64 minutes. It was a carbon copy of goal number three for Leeds. Bowyer with the delivery, Smith with the header, Tottenham holding an enquiry again over some awful marking with Carr the most culpable as he was easily beaten to the header. Only the crossbar denied Smith a hat-trick before Rebrov became the third player to score a brace in this enthralling match. The Ukrainian’s effort was adjudged to have crossed the line by linesman David Babski despite Smith’s best effort to hook it away behind the goal-line.

There was barely a glance between the two managers at full-time but it was O’Leary’s Leeds who prevailed. They went on to finish fourth and reach a UEFA Champions League semi-final whilst Tottenham ended 12th.