{"id":578906,"date":"2026-05-11T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578906\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:28:13","slug":"premier-league-issue-explanation-as-tottenham-denied-late-penalty-against-leeds-by-var","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578906\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League issue explanation as Tottenham denied late penalty against Leeds by VAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham had a shout for a late penalty denied after VAR review during their 1-1 draw with Leeds United.<\/p>\n

22:23, 11 May 2026Updated 22:43, 11 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Tottenham were denied a late penalty after James Maddison went down in the box under Lukas Nmecha’s challenge(Image: Sky Sports)<\/p>\n

The Premier League<\/a> have explained why Tottenham<\/a> weren’t awarded a late penalty against Leeds United. Spurs had to settle for a 1-1 draw in Monday night’s game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n

Spurs did, though, have a late penalty shout when James Maddison<\/a> went down under a challenge from Lukas Nmecha in added time. Referee Jarred Gillett waved away appeals, but a VAR review followed.<\/p>\n

However, the original decision was upheld. Offering an explanation on their Match Centre X account, the Premier League said: “The referee\u2019s call of no penalty to Tottenham Hotspur was checked and confirmed by VAR \u2013 with it deemed that Nmecha played the ball.”<\/p>\n

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While the review was underway, Sky Sports co-commentator Alan Smith spotted the Leeds player’s touch on the ball.<\/p>\n

“VAR will certainly get involved here!” He said. “He certainly catches Maddison. Does he get a touch on the ball? He might get the slightest – which could save him!”<\/p>\n

After a cagey first half, things were going to plan for Spurs when Mathys Tel<\/a> opened the scoring early in the second period, putting the ball beyond Karl Darlow. But it was Tel involved in the equalising goal.<\/p>\n

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Mathys Tel scored Spurs’ goal in the 1-1 draw against Leeds United.(Image: Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Tottenham man attempted to clear the ball in his own penalty area, but caught Ethan Ampadu. A VAR review awarded Leeds a penalty, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin giving Antonin Kinsky<\/a> no chance from the spot.<\/p>\n

When announcing the decision<\/a>, referee Gillett said: “After review, Tottenham No.11 commits a foul on the Leeds attacker. The final decision is a penalty kick.”<\/p>\n

13 minutes of added time gave both teams a chance to try and get a crucial win. Spurs had Kinsky to thank for keeping Sean Longstaff out with a brilliant reaction save, there was then the penalty shout for Tottenham in the final minute of added time.<\/p>\n

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Maddison’s time on the pitch was his first minutes since returning from a long-term knee injury. The midfielder could be a key player in the final two matches of the season.<\/p>\n

Spurs are next in action in just over a week<\/a> when they travel to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. They then finish their season with a home match against Everton on Sunday, 24 May (4pm kick-off).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham had a shout for a late penalty denied after VAR review during their 1-1 draw with Leeds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,221,101,6073,56,54,55,50535],"class_list":["post-578906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-spurs","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-var"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}