Tottenham go behind for eighth game in a row as Leeds strike first in north London

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Tottenham's miserable run of first-half showings continued as a Crysencio Summerville strike put Leeds ahead on Saturday

Crysencio Summerville fires Leeds ahead against Tottenham.
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Tottenham have conceded first for the eighth game in a row following Crysencio Summerville's strike for Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.

Summerville scored after just 10 minutes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to extend Spurs' poor run of first-half showings.

Antonio Conte's side have now gone behind in their last five Premier League games and eight fixtures in total.

Spurs lost 2-0 at Manchester United, were beaten 2-1 at home to Newcastle, came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Bournemouth and suffered a 2-1 defeat against Liverpool in north London last weekend.

Tottenham also conceded first at home to Sporting CP and away to Marseille in the Champions League, drawing the first fixture 1-1 and winning the second 2-1.

And Conte's side were then beaten 2-0 by Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

Summerville's strike on Saturday continued a worrying trend for Conte and was the eighth time in a row Spurs had gone behind.

And although they levelled through Harry Kane after 25 minutes, Leeds went back in front when Rodrigo Moreno scored a second Leeds goal just before half-time.

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.