Aaron Bower was at Elland Road. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.

Post-match postbag. “Thankfully, on NBC in the US, the Nevilles were on at halftime to explain that the Bogle tackle looks worse than it actually was, and that as fullbacks, they did that a thousand times in their career. Case closed!” – Robert Bodendorf

“The absurdity of the English ref clown show is making the Premier League unwatchable. They are far too concerned with narrative and managing the game rather than officiating it. You need no other evidence beyond them looking at a clear and obvious red card for five minutes with their hands over their heads as they agonise over giving Spurs a third match against ten men while Leeds need a win. It’s a joke and it’s going to kill off the ‘best league in the world’ status the Prem has right now” – Travis Antolik

“Not a penalty. The reverse angle shows it hits the shoulder, not a hand ball. Red card all day” – Conor Clarke

Noah Okafor speaks to TNT. “All I want is to help the team as much as I can … happy about the goal but more happy with the three points.” And here’s how those points change everything, ahead of what remains of matchday 10, with Spurs remaining in tenth spot and Leeds leapfrogging them into eighth.

Leeds celebrate their big win as local lads Kaiser Chiefs predict a riot. They were much the better side in the second half, the only surprise being the deciding goal took so long to arrive. Its scorer Noah Okafor wasn’t hanging around, mind: he’d only been on the pitch for 97 seconds when he found the net! On the balance of play, it’s a richly deserved victory for Leeds, who might have had a penalty early doors – conflicting pictorial evidence exists of the ball hitting Mateus Fernandes on the arm/shoulder, so pick your poison and take your position – then completely dominated the second half. The one huge elephant in the room, however, is Jayden Bogle’s crude connection with Mathys Tel’s achilles, which should have resulted in a first-half red card, and would surely have changed the course of the game. But here we are. Premier League football, at its wild and unpredictable best, for all its faults.

90 min +4: Williams-Barnett crosses from the left. Gray flicks on for Bentancur, free on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box! But Bentancur can’t control, and Trafford claims. Turns out Bentancur was clearly offside anyway. But Leeds hearts were in mouths for a hot second there.

90 min +3: Longstaff and Bogle – the latter very fortunate to still be around, at the risk of belabouring that particular point – are replaced by Rodon and Gruev.

90 min +2: Tonali dribbles down the left and finds Williams-Barnett in the box with a low cross. Williams-Barnett tries to sort his feet out for a shot, but can’t manage it. Leeds clear again.

90 min +1: Robertson swings a free kick in from the left. Van Hecke rises highest, and guides a header towards the top right. Trafford extends fully and tips around the post. The resulting corner leads to a throw, which is flung in illegally by Kulusevski. Pressure off!

90 min: There will be four additional minutes.

89 min: Wilson steps across Tonali, who swings an arm to bring him down and picks up a booking.

88 min: Meanwhile, Leeds are doing a marvellous job of containing Spurs, who are trying to respond, but can’t get anywhere near their opponents’ box. Leeds’ xG is now exactly 2 to Tottenham’s 0.28.

87 min: No, is the answer to that. Not a single one.

86 min: TNT are interviewing Nmecha as the game goes on, a box popping up and invading the action. Did any football fan ask for this sort of thing?

84 min: Kudus makes way for the 18-year-old Williams-Barnett. When the game restarts, Calvert-Lewin once again tears clear down the right, but doesn’t back himself to shoot, turning around instead and laying off to Okafor. The move breaks down. That’s a couple of big chances butchered by Calvert-Lewin today.

82 min: Spurs haven’t won any of their last 49 matches in which they’ve gone behind. No wonder Roberto De Zerbi looks thoroughly miserable. That goal was no more than Leeds deserved; they’ve been by far the better team in this second half.

80 min: VAR has a look at a possible handball by Wilson, but there was no touch with his arm. The goal stands!

77 min: Kinsky annoys Longstaff again by pawing his corner clear. Then Leeds make a double change, sending on Wilson and Okafor for Tanaka and Nmecha.

76 min: … but Spurs don’t clear their lines particularly well, and Tanaka strides down the left to win another Leeds corner. Longstaff, who must be wondering how he didn’t score, to take.

75 min: Bogle advances down the right and crosses low for Longstaff, who turns and launches a rising shot goalwards from 12 yards. It’s a superb effort, and heading in, but met by the fingertips of Kinsky. What a save! The ball clears the bar, and nothing comes of the corner.

73 min: Kulusevski and Bentancur combine down the right, but at such slow speed that Leeds close down all avenues to their box. Spurs have not created very much this afternoon.

71 min: From the set piece, Bogle shoots. The ball hits Bentancur. Leeds claim a penalty, but that’s hit Bentancur on the chest. No sir!

70 min: Bard loops down the middle. Nmecha tries to loop over Kinsky, who tips onto the bar. But he was offside. Then Calvert-Lewin fails to hit the target. But Kinsky takes his sweet time over the restart, so the referee awards a corner to Leeds!

68 min: Spurs play some possession stuff. They don’t really go anywhere for a while, but suddenly spring into action, Gallagher bringing the ball down on the edge of the Leeds D before pearling a low drive inches wide of the bottom left. Not entirely sure Trafford was getting to that. Spurs fans thought that was in, so are jeered for their cheer not long after.

66 min: … so Spurs make a triple change, replacing the ineffective Marmoush and Fernandes, plus Porro, who is on one-and-a-half yellows, with Kulusevski, Bentancur and Gallagher. Gray will take over from Porro at right-back.

64 min: Leeds have had seven attempts on goal during this second half. Spurs are yet to generate a single one.

63 min: Calvert-Lewin, Bard and Longstaff combine well down the left. The ball’s rolled infield for Ampadu, who shoots from 25 yards. The ball takes a huge deflection to the left, and had it stayed on target, it was a goal, because Kinsky had committed to diving the other way. But it squeaks out for a corner, which Kinsky claims. Leeds are getting closer and closer.

62 min: Van de Ven again over-eggs his dribble out from the back. This time he loses the ball, allowing Nmecha to enter the box from the left and aim a curler towards the top right. It’s not a good effort, and easily blocked.

61 min: Leeds are romping ahead in the xG stakes. It’s 1.11 to 0.22.

60 min: Porro clips Bard, who was advancing down the left, from behind. It should be a yellow. It’s not, though, presumably because it would have been a second yellow for Porro, and you know how referees process that sort of situation. Porro is now in the last-chance saloon. Meanwhile nothing comes of the resulting free kick.

58 min: The pace doesn’t drop, but passes are no longer sticking. All a bit messy for now.

56 min: Van de Ven over-elaborates when dribbling out from the back, and is nearly stripped by Longstaff. Had the Leeds man completed the challenge, he was through on goal. Van de Ven breathes out.

55 min: Tonali, dropping deep, tries to release Kudus down the right but has to settle for a corner. Kudus ambles across to take it. He exchanges passes with Solanke, then Robertson finally crosses long. Leeds deal with it. A bit of a waste.

53 min: Calvert-Lewin romps into space down the inside-right channel, chasing a fine Longstaff pass. He should shoot upon reaching the area, but lays off to Tanaka instead, who leans back and skies over the bar. Huge chance spurned.

52 min: Porro slides in, over the ball, and catches Nmecha on the shin. It’s a yellow. It should be a yellow. But Bogle’s far worse action in the first half should have been that at the very least. Roberto De Zerbi highlights this inherent contradiction, and is also booked for his trouble. Consistency? Good luck in your search for that.

50 min: Bogle crosses from the right. Calvert-Lewin prepares to sidefoot home from six yards, only for Van de Ven to nip in ahead of him, and slice the ball over his own bar and wide left. Then from the corner, hit long by Longstaff, Calvert-Lewin heads goalwards. Solanke blocks on his own line, then Elvedi heads wide left from close range. It should be 1-0.

48 min: Ampadu throws long from the right. Van de Ven clears. Leeds have had no joy with their long-throw weapon so far.

46 min: Bard’s very first act is to whip in a glorious low cross from his position on the left. Calvert-Lewin is on his heels and can’t connect. That was begging to be rammed home.

Leeds get the second half started. They’ve replaced Gudmundsson with Bard.

Half-time postbag. “Both feet are off the ground. That’s Bogle’s entire weight on Tel’s Achilles. That can lead to a serious injury. Bizarre decision” – Martin Perring

“Why do red cards exist if not precisely to protect players?” – John from Norway

“The most insane thing about VAR, and there are so many insane things about it, is that we have to watch replays of a player OBVIOUSLY doing a red-card challenge one thousand times in slow-motion, and it ends with not even a yellow. The chicken-shit nature of it all, the incompetence, all elevated because of technology. I hate it so, so much” – Øivind Idsø

“There’s overthinking it, as you say, but this is like they’ve been given a task to find a reason for not giving that as a red, rocking and rolling desperately, frame-by-frame. The explanation they release for not giving a red should be a corker. Meanwhile, whatever happened to ‘clear and obvious’? VAR is almost single-handedly turning me into a grumpy old man. I’ll be off out now to shout at some pigeons” – Rob Knap

“I’ve supported VAR from the start. It was always going to have teething issues as it was implemented, and it was never going to 100% eliminate mistakes. Subjectivity is still a thing. But, my word, they don’t half make it hard to defend at times. It should be established now, a mature technology with most of the errors ironed out. If anything, though, It’s getting worse. I’m not in the ‘Bin it’ camp yet, but I’m a lot closer than I was at the start of the season” – Matt Dony

“Committees are an extremely useful method for decision making, especially when people have time to deliberate. But perhaps football refereeing isn’t suited to committees” – Kári Tulinius

“That would have been a red card at Elland Road in the 70s” – Gary Naylor

45 min +5: Ampadu throws long from the left. Van Hecke powers a header miles clear. Ampadu has another go. Van Hecke batters clear again. The xG does not change.

45 min +4: The xG, for what that’s worth, is 0.19 to 0.22. Meanwhile Roberto De Zerbi continues to give the fourth official the what-for. His post-match interview could make for good entertainment.

45 min +2: Fernandes slices a low drive miles off target. After nearly boiling over, this half is now fizzling out, which is probably for the best all round.

45 min: There will be six minutes of additional first-half time, most of which a result of the on-field referee and VAR spending ages failing to make a decision.

44 min: Kudus fizzes a tempting low cross through the Leeds six-yard box from the right. What a ball. But neither Gray nor Solanke respond. Any touch and it was the opening goal.

43 min: Tel limps off. A heavy trudge, he’s in some difficulty. He’s replaced by Solanke.

42 min: Marmoush clips Muharemovic from behind. That should be a booking as well, but the referee has lost control of this with his unwillingness to make any sort of decision whatsoever. Meanwhile Tel goes down, he looks really unhappy.

40 min: Tel is getting dog’s abuse now. He’s also moving very gingerly, having recently had someone stand on his ankle.

39 min: Roberto De Zerbi isn’t happy about that. You can’t blame him. Meanwhile the game restarts, with Bogle, who shouldn’t be on the pitch, crossing for Nmencha, who plants a header straight at Kinsky. Had that gone in, there would have been some wild scenes all right.

38 min: No red card, no serious foul play. That is preposterous enough in itself; that there’s not even a yellow is beyond a joke. The on-field referee should have seen that, at the very least.

37 min: VAR is flapping taking a long time over this. You can overthink these things, you know.

36 min: It’s a really poor challenge, studs landing on Tel’s achilles, the Spurs player’s leg bending. It should be a red card.

35 min: VAR is in fact checking for a red card. The on-field referee, it should be noted, has completely abdicated responsibility.

34 min: Bogle leaves one on Tel, who was in the process of spinning him. It’s a really poor challenge, studs on ankle. A red card wouldn’t be out of the question here; there’s not even a yellow shown.

33 min: A long pass down the left confuses Elvedi into conceding a corner with a misjudged backwards header. One corner leads to another, then Marmoush heads harmlessly wide. To be fair, Trafford has had next to nothing to do as well, if you ignore a couple of long-range shots scuffed straight at him.

31 min: Some pinball just outside the Spurs box. Fernandes tries to walk the ball away from danger but loses it, and Nmecha nearly releases Calvert-Lewin down the inside-left channel. Kinsky comes out to block, then the flag goes up for offside anyway. Kinsky still officially unworked.

29 min: Gudmundsson floats a poor cross in from the left. Easy for Kinsky, who has had absolutely nothing to do so far.

28 min: Spurs have enjoyed 77 percent of possession in the last five minutes.

27 min: Kudus gets the chance to shoot now, though. He drifts infield from the right and shoots. Another one straight at Trafford. Spurs are beginning to create things.

26 min: That was a great run by Tel, who appears to have finally blossomed after that wonder goal against Chelsea.

25 min: Tel advances down the left at speed, one-twoing with Gray before laying off to Marmoush, who scuffs a shot straight at Trafford. A disappointing end to a slick move, especially as Kudus was free to Marmoush’s right, waiting for the killer pass.

24 min: Kudus diddles his way down the right in style, cuts back, then swings a dangerous ball into the mixer, forcing Trafford to punch clear under purple pressure. He does so with authority.

22 min: Longstaff steps across Fernandes and earns the second yellow card of the afternoon.

21 min: The pace drops, as does the volume in Elland Road. Spurs will be more than happy with all of that.

19 min: A long ball down the middle is contested by Marmoush, who looks to have been dragged down by Elvedi, but gets nothing from the referee. Justin was nearby, so Elvedi wasn’t the last man, but it should have been a free kick in a dangerous position. If nothing else, the officials are equal-opportunity inept.

17 min: Tonali plays a cute ball round the corner, hoping to release Porro down the right. Not quite. Goal kick. Porro is looking lively, though, and soon after he comes again, his long cross miscontrolled by Tel, just inside the Leeds box on the left. Had Tel killed that, it would have been a big one-on-one chance.

15 min: Bogle spins Van de Ven, who was too tight to his man. The Spurs captain grabs at Bogle, and goes into the book as a result.

14 min: Porro makes ground down the right and he’s got options in the Leeds box. He floats a poor cross straight into the hands of Trafford. Uncharacteristically meh from the world champion.

12 min: Roberto De Zerbi is already at the edge of his technical area, frowning quite a lot. Spurs haven’t put anything together yet.

10 min: The xG is currently 0.01 to 0. Something quite pleasing about that. Not sure what.

9 min: Gudmundsson knocks the ball past Porro on the left, wins the footrace with ease, then cuts back for Ampadu, who skies a shot from long distance. This is an impressive start by Leeds.

8 min: Tanaka drags a shot wide right. Then Gudmundsson wins a corner down the left. Longstaff takes; Kinsky claims. Leeds only turned up after the three-minute mark, but they’re here now, and they’re pushing Spurs back.

6 min: VAR waves away the penalty appeal. They’re making it up as they go along, kids, as anyone who watched last night’s Everton-Coventry fiasco will attest. Fernandes was leaning into that, unnecessarily so, and the ball hit his arm. The VAR has done Spurs a solid there.

4 min: A cross into the Spurs box from the left. The ball pings off Fernandes’s outstretched right arm. VAR will want a look at this. Why did Fernandes hang his arm out like that?!

2 min: Spurs keep hold of the ball for the first minute and 45 seconds. Eventually Trafford claims it. A calm, confident start by the visitors.

A different fanfare for the common man – the Last Post – sounds poignantly. Silent, solemn remembrance of the fallen. After which Tottenham Hotspur get the ball rolling.

The teams emerge from the tunnel, so …

Leeds are in their Revie-approved white, so Spurs are forced into third-choice purple. It won’t be long now.

Pre-match postbag. “Hands up who had Tottenham challenging for Europe and Manchester United challenging for the, er, Championship on their 25%-of-the-season-gone bingo card? No, me neither” – Dave Estherby

“Let’s just nip this talk of Tottenham rounding into form in the bud, shall we? Three wins on the bounce is nice until you take a closer look at them. Coventry: ‘nuff said. Chelsea: missing Joao Pedro, and with a dreadful tactical setup in response. Crystal Palace: down a man before the match before the match was a quarter-hour old. You need a fair glob of polish to put a proper gloss on that run” – Eric Peterson

Roberto De Zerbi’s turn to chat with TNT. “We keep going … keep pushing … a tough game for us … a tough game for them because we are in a good moment … every game starts nil-nil … we have to work hard if we want to win … [Pedro Porro] can bring everything … he is a fantastic guy, a fantastic player … [Archie Gray, who moves from right-back to midfield] deserves to play because he’s playing very well … I am sorry for [substitute] Conor Gallagher because he deserves to play as well.”

Daniel Farke speaks to TNT Sports. “Spurs are normally dominant in possession so you need to find some solutions in order to be competitive … Sean [Longstaff] is smart … a bit like a third midfield player to control their processes … today is a chance for [Lukas Nmecha] to shine … we want to be dangerous today and score.”

Leeds can leap to eighth place with a win today. Technically they can make seventh, but they’d need to win this game by seven goals, so come off it and come on. Meanwhile should Spurs win a fourth consecutive Premier League game for the first time in over three years, they can make their way up to sixth, but they’d need a two-goal winning margin to ensure that.

Tottenham make one change from last weekend’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace. Pedro Porro replaces the benched Dominic Solanke.

Leeds have made two changes in the wake of their 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth. Sean Longstaff, starting for the first time this calendar year, and Lukas Nmecha come in for Harry Wilson and Daniel James, who both drop to the bench.