A look at what the national media had to say following Leeds United's relegation to the Championship.
Toxic atmosphere as Leeds face uncertain future
Simon Stone of the BBC said: "As it turned out, results elsewhere meant Leeds could not have changed their starting position of second-bottom no matter what they did in this game. However, that does not excuse some inept play - with one particular moment, with eight minutes remaining of the first half, summing up a thoroughly depressing season.
"Despite conceding so early, the home fans had remained behind their team, albeit with a sense of humour around the position Leeds were in. They had built up a head of steam and forced a corner on their right.
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"A side containing six defenders, including Robin Koch, who was playing in central midfield, loaded the penalty area. Leeds opted to go short, the initial pass was not accurate enough, the intended recipient slipped as he tried to reach it, a Tottenham player intervened and the visitors headed to the other end of the field on a dangerous counter.
""That's why we're going down" was the initial response from the Leeds supporters, followed by "Leeds, Leeds are falling apart again" - the song opponents of the West Yorkshire side like to bait them with. It was not for the first time, or the last, Whites boss Sam Allardyce had his head in his hands.
"It was all so avoidable but those basic mistakes have scarred the latter part of the season and explain why Leeds are heading for the second tier just 12 months after they thought a last-day escape at Brentford would serve as the trigger for significant improvement, on and off the pitch. Harrison did provide some hope with his second-half goal but he is one of the players whose future is now in doubt.
"There is air of toxicity around Elland Road. And, when striker Georginio Rutter, who has started once since his £36m move to the club in January, threw his shirt into the crowd as the players slowly made their way around the pitch at the end, it was thrown straight back."
Leeds go down with a whimper as Tottenham miss Europe despite win
David Hynter of the Guardian wrote: "It was the moment when it really turned ugly, the fury and frustration that the Leeds support felt rushing to the surface and spilling everywhere. Pedro Porro had scored at the start of the second half to put Tottenham 2-0 up and, from all corners of Elland Road, came the cry: “You’re not fit to wear the shirt.”
"Leeds had needed a miracle to retain their Premier League status. A first win in nine games and the results involving Everton and Leicester to go for them, too. They needed to find some cohesion. And they needed to defend properly, which they have not done for an awfully long time.
"It was always likely to prove beyond them. But now there was mutiny. Leeds were going down with one of the game’s most grievous insults ringing in their ears and there would be further choruses of it after the substitute Lucas Moura – on his farewell Spurs appearance – made it 4-1 in stoppage-time.
"At 2-0, the Leeds fans urged the owner, Andrea Radrizzani, to sell up and return to Italy – or words to that effect. There were repeated calls of “sack the board”, there was abuse for Weston McKennie when he was substituted and it would be quicker to say which Leeds players were spared after the full-time whistle when they did an extremely nervous small circle of appreciation: Adam Forshaw, Liam Cooper, Jack Harrison and Wilfried Gnonto.
"It was a desperate day for everyone connected to the club, heavy on recrimination, with only the occasional splashes of gallows humour. When a pitch invader was wrestled away in the 77th minute by a posse of security guards, there was a demand for the hierarchy to sign him up. “He’s got more fight than you,” was the follow‑up chant to the team."
Leeds have no identity and are a confused MESS
Oliver Holt of the Daily Mail said: "Next to the doorway of the Elland Road Cafe and Sandwich Bar, across the road from the stadium, an image has been stencilled on the wall. It depicts a bespectacled middle-aged man in a tracksuit, his hands behind his back, watching something intently. It is, unmistakably, Marcelo Bielsa.
"Bielsa was sacked as Leeds United manager on February 27 last year but Leeds have never been able to let him go. They have never been able to move on. Bielsa represented something pure and visceral and exciting and everything that has followed has been confused and bland.
"Under Bielsa, Leeds had the most vivid identity in the Premier League. Now they have no identity at all, apart from a club who have lost their identity. They have been a confused mess for some months now and when they were relegated on Sunday afternoon, there was an overwhelming feeling it had been a long time coming.
"Bielsa finally took another job earlier this month when he was appointed the manager of Uruguay but his presence is still everywhere here. The fans sang his name over and over again in the closing stages, a chant that was part tribute and part lament. Maybe relegation will be the shock the club need to realise they are back at square one.
"If Everton and Leicester City fought to the end to avoid relegation in their respective matches, Leeds went down with a whimper when they needed a win on the last day to have any chance of staying up."
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