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Daily Mirror
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Nathan Ridley

Sam Allardyce launches extraordinary rant at Leeds flops for "professional suicide"

Outgoing Leeds United boss Sam Allardyce has slammed his players for "professional suicide" after the Elland Road club were relegated to the Championship.

Leeds failed to maintain their Premier League status after suffering a dire 4-1 defeat at home to Tottenham on Sunday, as they followed Leicester and Southampton down into the second tier for next season. Harry Kane scored twice in a practically meaningless win for Spurs and Allardyce was fuming over "huge errors" which allowed the England captain to strike.

"It's professional suicide," the Leeds manager bemoaned post-match, with his short-term contract set to expire in the coming days. "We prepare for games, but when you do things like we did with the huge errors, people like Harry Kane will take full advantage. We messed up again. Without stopping the goals going in we couldn't pick the points up.

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