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Spurs' Relegation Battle Continues

ESPN FC

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Soccer, Sports

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The ESPN FC Crew react to Spurs' draw with Leeds as they fail to create a gap between them and West Ham in the relegation battle. Then, analysis of the no-penalty decision in West Ham vs Arsenal this past weekend. Also, a discussion of Barcelona winning LALIGA, Rashford's season at Barcelona, and Real Madrid's potential reunion with Mourinho after their dissapointing season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.5

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPNFC. K. Murray, Shaka Hislop and Stevie Nicol here in the studio, kicking things off in the Premier League where Spurs were hosting Leeds.

0:45.3

Interesting game in the end, Matisse Tull, curling in a stunner to put Spurs ahead in the 50th minute.

0:51.3

However, Dominic Calvert-Lewin would then put in a penalty after the

0:55.1

A.R stepped in after a tell high boot on Ethan Amperdew. Kinski made an incredible save

1:01.4

to deny Leeds late on and Spurs had a penalty appeal turned down in added time. 1-1

1:08.0

this game finished. And so it does mean that spurs are two points ahead of

1:15.0

West Ham spurs in the 17th spot just outside of the relegation zone played

1:21.0

Stuart Robson was watching this game for us as well what stood out to you Stuart in

1:24.7

this one I suppose spurs will be upset that they didn't get the win, but points of points still at this stage of the season. It is, but this is a game they wanted to win. This is the game that I think could have kept them safe. I know there's six points still to play for, but this was the game that would have put West Ham under lots of pressure. And until Tell scored the goal, the game was very tepid. Neither side played particularly well. Spurs didn't play with the energy that I thought they might play with. There was no understanding of how they were going to get the ball from back to front when they did go from back to front quite quickly. They didn't win the first ball. The midfield players weren't pressing. When they tried to play out from the back, there was a lot of rotation and they didn't seem to know how to they were going to get it from there into the midfield and then into the front players. It was a very poor first 50 minutes, but it all changed with the penalty and the equalizer. That last 20 minutes or so, it was some good football. There was a, it was played with a passion. It was played with a bit of tempo. and in the end, probably be just about the right result. One all. But it's not, I don't think, good enough for Spurs because they've got, I think, two tough games coming up now. Just before I bring it back into studio, Robo, because we heard that both of the guys agreed with the Leeds penalty there. Are you on the same page as these two? Absolutely. Tell, it's a, it's a terrible mistake by Tell, because first of all, the ball's up in the air for a long time and Steve, he said, you know, he didn't see anybody around, wasn't aware, he needs to be aware, he used to have a little look over his shoulder, see what's coming, he didn't do that. And once he saw that, that, the, the center, the send a midfield player was going to jump and go for the ball. He's got to try and head it. He's got to head it away.

2:53.7

That's the only thing he could do by doing a bicycle kick. There was only going to be one outcome and that was a penalty. It was the right decision in the end. It was Ethan Amperdue. You said it straight away as well, Shire. Yeah. It was a penalty. And no question. And then to the point, why does Tell try to go for a bicycle there?

3:11.3

This is the Premier League.

3:12.3

The game is far too quick to expect a ball to drop in the box from that height.

3:17.3

Lesson Lane for Mathias Tell, it may prove to be a very costly lesson in terms of what

3:22.3

happened between now and the end of the season,

3:27.4

but that, it was an awful decision to start with.

3:34.3

Then, though, I have to say, why does it take as long as it does for VR to come to that conclusion?

3:35.0

You could see that with one replay.

3:37.8

Stevie and I was sitting there, you saw one replay and it was as clear

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