2-4 v Leicester City - 5 May 2001 - Away

Tottenham Hotspur Badge

Spurs 2

Leicester City

Leicester City

4

  • Rowett
    42'
  • Sturridge
    56'
  • Guppy
    82'
  • Savage
    90' (PEN)
Details
Match Number

6291

Opposition
Leicester city

Leicester City

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2000/01

Date

5th May 2001

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

Filbert Street

Attendance

21,056

Referee

Mike Dean

League Position

12th

Opposition League Position

10th

Opposition Form

LLLLLL

Weather at Kick Off

11.4° - Partly Cloudy

Facts & Milestones
  • 6258th overall match (2967 wins, 1377 draws, 1901 losses)

  • 4801st competitive match (2137 wins, 1132 draws, 1532 losses)

  • team

    98th match vs Leicester City (51 wins, 16 draws, 31 losses)

  • competition

    353rd Premier League match (121 wins, 100 draws, 132 losses)

  • 5762nd match in England (2680 wins, 1303 draws, 1766 losses)

  • 48th match at Filbert Street (24 wins, 7 draws, 17 losses)

Report

Goals from Robbie Savage and Steve Guppy in the last eight minutes ended Leicester's dreadful run of Premiership defeats.

Twice Spurs came back from behind but the Foxes showed their defiance to win their first league match in nine games.

Gary Rowett put them ahead on 42 minutes before Simon Davies struck for Spurs in a frantic second half at Filbert Street.

Dean Sturridge put them back in front two minutes later before Stephen Carr hit a sublime free-kick five minutes later.

That was just the prelude before a late Leicester rally and goal from Savage and Guppy.

Leicester were quick out of the blocks and forced three early corners. Ade Akinbiyi had his shot tipped over the bar by Neil Sullivan after four minutes.

With the home side camped in the Spurs box, Sturridge beat Sullivan and Anthony Gardner to the ball from a Guppy corner and headed firmly against the bar. The ball bounced on the line and was cleared to safety.

Flowers' opposite number once again showed why he has quickly become a favourite at White Hart Lane.

Sullivan dived at the feet of Sturridge after he jinked inside the box after being put through by the ever-probing Andy Impey.

In fact it was 29 minutes before Flowers had anything to do at all. A first-time Tim Sherwood shot from 20 yards stung the hands of the Foxes keeper. The biggest shock was not that Leicester took the lead on 42 minutes, but the scorer of the goal.

Guppy again teased the Spurs defence with a deep corner, which was knocked across goal by Lee Marshall.

Rowett then slammed home assuredly for the home side to go in 1-0 up at half-time.

The second-half came to life after just eight minutes when Sturridge shot into the arms of Sullivan when he should have scored.

A minute later, Davies stabbed home the equaliser after being put through by Carr.

The lead lasted just two minutes, before Sturridge elegantly slipped the ball into the Spurs net on 56 minutes.

Within five minutes, Spurs were again on level terms when a superbly-taken Carr free-kick was curled passed the despairing Flowers. For the final 20 minutes defending went out of the window, before Guppy found the winner after 82 minutes.

Good work from Impey and indecision at the heart of the Spurs defence let in the former England man to grab Leicester's third.

As the game entered the final stages, Savage grabbed Leicester's fourth from the penalty spot after Callum Davidson was upended in the box.

Timeline
KO

Gary Rowett

42'
HT

Dean Sturridge

56'

Steve Guppy

82'

Robbie Savage

90'
FT
Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
35 24 8 3 77 25 52 80
2
Arsenal
35 19 9 7 59 34 25 66
3
Liverpool
35 18 8 9 62 37 25 62
4
Leeds united
35 18 8 9 54 39 15 62
5
Ipswich town
36 19 5 12 54 40 14 62
6
Chelsea
35 15 9 11 62 41 21 54
7
Sunderland
36 14 11 11 41 37 4 53
8
Charlton athletic
36 14 10 12 48 50 -2 52
9
Aston villa
36 12 15 9 43 38 5 51
10
Newcastle united
35 13 8 14 41 47 -6 47
11
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
36 12 10 14 42 49 -7 46
12
Southampton
35 12 10 13 35 42 -7 46
13
Leicester city
36 13 6 17 34 46 -12 45
14
Everton
36 11 8 17 42 55 -13 41
15
West ham united
36 9 12 15 41 48 -7 39
16
Middlesbrough
36 8 14 14 41 42 -1 38
17
Derby county
36 9 11 16 35 58 -23 38
18
Manchester city
36 8 10 18 39 61 -22 34
19
Coventry city
36 8 9 19 34 60 -26 33
20
Bradford city
35 5 9 21 28 63 -35 24
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
36 24 8 4 77 26 51 80
2
Arsenal
36 20 9 7 61 35 26 69
3
Liverpool
36 19 8 9 65 37 28 65
4
Leeds united
36 18 8 10 55 41 14 62
5
Ipswich town
36 19 5 12 54 40 14 62
6
Chelsea
36 16 9 11 64 42 22 57
7
Sunderland
37 15 11 11 44 39 5 56
8
Aston villa
37 13 15 9 46 40 6 54
9
Charlton athletic
37 14 10 13 50 53 -3 52
10
Leicester city
37 14 6 17 38 48 -10 48
11
Newcastle united
36 13 8 15 41 50 -9 47
12
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
37 12 10 15 44 53 -9 46
13
Southampton
36 12 10 14 35 45 -10 46
14
West ham united
37 10 12 15 44 48 -4 42
15
Everton
37 11 8 18 43 57 -14 41
16
Derby county
37 10 11 16 36 58 -22 41
17
Middlesbrough
37 8 15 14 42 43 -1 39
18
Manchester city
36 8 10 18 39 61 -22 34
19
Coventry city
37 8 9 20 36 63 -27 33
20
Bradford city
36 5 10 21 29 64 -35 25
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