Tottenham press conference LIVE: Antonio Conte on Rodrigo Bentancur, Kane, Emerson and victory
Antonio Conte is holding his final press conference before the World Cup break after Tottenham's dramatic 4-3 victory against Leeds United in the Premier League.
Spurs will not play again in the Premier League now until their Boxing Day clash at Brentford and they will arrive in that game in the top four in the table and in the last 16 of the Champions League. Conte had both Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison back in his starting line-up for the first time in a long while to boost his attacking options.
Tottenham started brightly but Leeds still took the lead 10 minutes in when Crysencio Summerville got in between Emerson Royal and Eric Dier and slotted underneath Hugo Lloris. Harry Kane levelled the scores on 25 minutes when he collected a punched out corner, turned and fired it home clinically.
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However, Leeds regained the lead before the break when a spot of head tennis on the edge of the Spurs box ended with Rodrigo volleying through Lloris. The game swung again early in the second half when the tireless Ben Davies fired a shot from outside the box that squeezed underneath Meslier and a defender and ricocheted between them.
The visitors found a third goal though when Spurs thought Rodrigo Bentancur had been fouled in the centre of the pitch but played moved on and Leeds' Rodrigo eased past substitute Davinson Sanchez to score.
However, the drama then took another big twist as Rodrigo Bentancur scored twice. First the Uruguayan netted a deflected effort after Matt Doherty's cross was headed out to him and he chested it down and rifled his effort at goal. Then Kane put Kulusevski away and the Swede danced into the box, past a man and teed up Bentancur to score Spurs' fourth goal. It was a beautifully worked goal amid the madness.
Then came a red card for Leeds to conclude the drama as Tyler Adams picked up a second yellow card for a cynical foul on Yves Bissouma.
Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is among those putting the questions to Conte after the game. Scroll down for his latest updates from the press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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