LONDON
\nTottenham Hotspur wasted a golden chance to ease their Premier League relegation fears as Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s penalty earned Leeds United a 1-1 draw in North London on Monday. A first home win in the league since December would have put Spurs four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United with two games left and in sight of salvation after a woeful season.
\nIt looked on the cards when Mathys Tel struck with a stunning effort early in \u200cthe second half, curling a right-footed shot into the top corner to raise the roof in the stadium. But Tel\u2019s night took a turn for the worse as he conceded the penalty that Calvert-Lewin thumped home in the 74th minute.
\nAs Tottenham\u2019s nerves frayed, Leeds could have won it in stoppage time but Sean Longstaff\u2019s strike was superbly diverted onto the underside of the bar by goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky.
\nThe result left 17th-placed Spurs on 38 points with West Ham on 36 after 36 games. Tottenham\u2019s next game is away at bogey club and fierce rivals Chelsea on May 19, two days after West Ham go to Newcastle United on May 17.
\nRoberto \u2060De Zerbi has taken eight points from his first five games in charge of Tottenham but is yet to solve the club\u2019s home form and their fate may now rest on beating Everton in north London on the last day of the season.
\n\u201cWe made too many mistakes,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we deserved to win anyway but maybe the pressure, the crucial game, the crucial part of the season, we suffered too much. It will be tough until the end of the season, until the last game.\u201d
\nAfter a 15-game winless league run plummeted Tottenham towards a first relegation since 1977, successive away wins under De Zerbi changed the mood.
\nWest Ham\u2019s dramatic 1-0 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday had also given Tottenham the opportunity to establish a safety buffer ahead of their daunting trip to Chelsea.
\nBut it was never going to be that straightforward, especially for a Spurs side who had won only two of their 17 home league matches this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON Tottenham Hotspur wasted a golden chance to ease their Premier League relegation fears as Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s penalty earned Leeds United a 1-1 draw in North London on Monday. A first home win in the league since December would have put Spurs four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United with two games left and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-546206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n