Trending Now - Tottenham Settles for Draw Against Leeds Amid Controversial Calls
WHO:
Daily Mail Sports - James Maddison returned to football as a late-match substitute after nine months out.
Daily Mail Sports - James Maddison is a player for Tottenham.
Daily Mail Sports - Mathys Tel is a Tottenham player.
Daily Mail Sports - Referee Jarred Gillett officiated the match.
Daily Mail Sports - Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the penalty for Leeds.
WHAT:
Daily Mail Sports - Maddison claimed on Instagram that Leeds' Felix Nmecha never touched the ball during a controversial penalty decision against him.
Daily Mail Sports - Tottenham drew 1-1 against Leeds.
Daily Mail Sports - A penalty was awarded to Leeds after a VAR review.
Cartilage Free Captain - The final expected goals (xG) were 1.32 for Tottenham and 1.26 for Leeds.
Cartilage Free Captain - Tottenham is two points clear of West Ham in the Premier League standings.
WHERE:
Daily Mail Sports - The match took place at Tottenham's home ground.
WHEN:
Daily Mail Sports - The match featured a penalty awarded after a VAR review.
WHY:
Daily Mail Sports - Maddison argued that the slight change of direction on the video replay was due to his foot, not Nmecha's, and expressed frustration over the VAR review process.
Daily Mail Sports - The penalty was awarded due to Mathys Tel's overhead kick that caught a Leeds player in the head.
HOW:
Daily Mail Sports - The VAR team at Stokely Park reviewed the incident involving Maddison for about 20 seconds before determining no penalty was warranted.
Daily Mail Sports - The penalty was confirmed after a VAR review of the incident involving Mathys Tel.
(UPDATED May 12, 2026 23:22 UTC)
James Maddison made his return to football as a late-match substitute after being sidelined for nine months. He took to Instagram to express his frustration over a controversial penalty decision, claiming that Leeds' Felix Nmecha never touched the ball during the incident. The VAR team at Stokely Park reviewed the situation for about 20 seconds before deciding that no penalty was warranted, a decision Maddison argued was influenced by his own foot's slight change of direction on the video replay.
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(UPDATED May 12, 2026 21:23 UTC)
Tottenham faced Leeds in a tightly contested match that ended in a 1-1 draw, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring a penalty for Leeds after a VAR review confirmed that Mathys Tel's overhead kick had caught a Leeds player in the head. The match was officiated by referee Jarred Gillett at Tottenham's home ground, where the final expected goals were 1.32 for Tottenham and 1.26 for Leeds. With this result, Tottenham remains two points clear of West Ham in the Premier League standings.