When you've already secured your main goal of Premier League survival, some teams might ease off the gas. Not Leeds United.
After West Ham's defeat on Sunday confirmed safety for Daniel Farke's side, the Whites showed they're far from done. Monday's 1-1 draw at Tottenham saw Leeds fight back from a goal down, and they could have easily snatched all three points late on.
Leeds fan Gyp Walters summed it up perfectly: "At the start of the season I thought we would survive because we would be really hard to beat." That prediction has been spot-on. "That's 10 games in a row now away that we haven't lost. We've gone 23 games with only four losses in total. We're always going to be tough to beat but we've proven to be resilient."
Against Spurs, it was more of the same grit. "We didn't start the game very well at all, Spurs put us under a lot of pressure, but we came into it," Walters told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. "We were quick on the break and if it hadn't been for that world-class save at the end from Kinsky, we could have won it."
Some might have expected Leeds to be "on the beach" after securing safety. But Walters insists: "We've got a togetherness in the team and they don't want to lose a match. Simple as that. They are still up for it because they are all together, playing for each other."
Much of that spirit comes from the manager. "They get 100% support from Farke, who is potentially up there with manager of the season for keeping a newly-promoted side up like this and performing so well—especially in a league where we're going to have a record points total for staying up. He deserves all the praise he gets and he will definitely be around next season."
For Leeds fans, the fight isn't over. This is a team that wears its heart on its sleeve—and its crest on its chest.
