Leeds in relegation peril after West Ham defeat, Brighton seal Euro place

Leeds slipped closer to relegation from the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat against West Ham in their penultimate game of the season on Sunday.

Sam Allardyce's side blew the lead at the London Stadium as Rodrigo's opener was erased by goals from Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Manuel Lanzini.

Leeds remain third bottom and sit two points adrift of fourth bottom Everton, with both teams having just one game left.

Even if Leeds beat Tottenham at home on the final day of the season, the Yorkshire club would still be relegated if Everton win their last game against Bournemouth at Goodison Park.

Leeds, whose goal difference is three worse than Everton's, are likely to need the Toffees to lose to have a chance of staying up.

Second bottom Leicester, three points from safety, have slender hopes of avoiding relegation with games at Newcastle on Monday and West Ham on the final day.

Leeds, who last played in the Championship in 2020, have lost twice and drawn once in three games since Allardyce replaced the sacked Javi Gracia earlier this month.

Allardyce had labelled Leeds' trip to his former club West Ham as a "cup final".

But the defeat means Leeds need a repeat of last season's final day escape when they won at Brentford to climb out of the bottom three.

Just three days from beating AZ Alkmaar to reach the Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina, West Ham made six changes.

Leeds scented a chance to seize the momentum and they took it the 17th minute with a goal straight from Allardyce's favoured direct game-plan.

Weston McKenzie's long throw reached Rodrigo in the heart of the West Ham area and the Spanish striker volleyed a fine finish past Lukasz Fabianski.

Despite having little to play for with their own safety secured, West