spurs v leicester city youth match reports

A thrilling comeback almost won the game for Spurs, but the points ended up being shared in a 3-3 draw with Leicester City at Spurs Lodge.

Leicester took a 12th minute lead, with .

However, from the corner, Nicholson picked out M'Poku this time and his flicked header went across the keeper and in at the far post.

Mirko Ranieri came on for Butler and made a good stop with his legs to deny Yussef, but the striker beat the goalie low in the corner with a 20 yard drive early on in the second half. The Spurs keeper once more kept Yussef out, but Leicester got on level terms when Jarron John hit a shot past Ranieri. A minute later and they had taken the lead, with a close range Nathan Hicks volley and as Tottenham tried to get an equaliser, Jeff Schlupp broke away down the left wing and crossed for Yussef to hit Leicester’s fourth to secure their eighth win out of eight games this season.

Teams :
Leicester City - , , , , , , Hicks, Schlupp, John, Yussef.
Subs not used :
Spurs - Butler (Ranieri 32), Blackwood, Durojaiye, Byrne, Francis-Angol, Waller-Lassen, Nicholson (Fredericks 78), M'Poku, Kane, McBride (Lancaster 68), Oyenuga
Subs not used : Carroll, O'Neill
Attendance : - ,

With 31 minutes on the clock, Daniel Hutchins made it 2-2 as he received a clearance from a corner and curled the ball back past the keeper from 20 yards out. The score remained that way until half-time, then Danny Rose and Calum Butcher appeared as substitutes after the break, changing the balance of the game and making Spurs look much more comfortable.

A good pass from Parrett set Alex Olsen free and he slipped the ball home to give Tottenham the lead for the first time after 55 minutes, then Danny Rose was felled for a penalty that David Hutton slotted home to put Spurs 4-2 up. With 82 minutes played, Rose then scored a fine solo debut goal with a run cutting into the Leicester box and beating a defender before his shot beat the keeper to put Tottenham 5-2 ahead. With minutes remaining, Leicester got a goal back to reduce the margin of victory, but it could not hide the improvement in the Spurs play from last season's defeat against the Foxes.

The strong wind forced Tottenham back and from three set-pieces Leicester grabbed goals that gave them a 3-2 win.

Top of the table Leicester took the lead, but Spurs battled back with Jake Livermore scoring Tottenham's equaliser with 15 minutes left. Cian Hughton and David Hutton linked well on the left wing to open up the visitors defence, leaving Livermore to dash in at the far post with a well-timed run to get onto the end of the move and grab a point for Spurs, who felt they might have had more from the match .

Simon Dawkins, Radwan Hamed and Matthew Wells put Tottenham ahead, but three goals in the last 15 minutes saw the home side win out.

Tottenham's first goal had a touch of luck about it, as the Leicester keeper fumbled a cross and Radwan Hamed was on hand to tap home the loose ball. Tommy Forecast was at fault when he let a shot squirm through him two minutes into the second half to make it 1-1, but then Simon Dawkins crossed for Matthew Wells to hit a far post volley in to put Spurs 2-1 up. Dawkins fired a shot to to the keeper’s right to make it 3-1 with 60 minutes gone.

Spurs continued to go forward and this saw them caught out as Leicester pulled a goal back and sparked a rally that saw them hit two goal sin the last five minutes to steal the game 4-3.