Kane and Son seal Tottenham’s romp to leave Leeds and Bielsa in trouble

The weather was a trifle chillier than Antonio Conte might have wanted but, in so many ways, this trip to West Yorkshire proved every bit as restorative as a week in the sun at the Tottenham manager’s favourite resort hotel in Sardinia.

All those not so veiled threats about walking out on Spurs after losing at Burnley last Wednesday were forgotten as, with Harry Kane and Ryan Sessegnon excelling, Conte’s team repeatedly cantered through Marcelo Bielsa side’s defence, reviving their, albeit still slender, hopes of Champions League qualification along the way.

For Leeds the statistics are damning. Despite possessing one of the Premier League’s most admired goalkeepers, Leeds have conceded 60 league goals this season, more than anyone else and have collected only one point from the last possible 18.

Given Conte’s left wing-back was enjoying such a fine game for Spurs it was perhaps appropriate that it was Sessegnon’s cross which created the opening goal for the onrushing Matt Doherty. The right wing-back took that delivery seamlessly in his stride, lifting a first time shot over Illan Meslier.

Bielsa’s goalkeeper was soon beaten again. This time the danger derived from the right where Conte’s Juventus loanee winger, Dejan Kulusevski, assumed possession. He played a slick one-two with Doherty, cut inside and, having dodged Junior Firpo with almost contemptuous erase, deceived Meslier by fixing his eyes on the far corner. No prizes for guess Kulusevski then proceeded to squeeze a left-foot shot just inside the near post.

After a few moments of introspection starting bleakly at the ground beneath his feet, Bielsa switched from a back four to a back three, with Stuart Dallas reassigned to right wing-back with the fairly