The Premier League haves and have-nots - Graham Smyth's verdict on Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Leeds United

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There might be better squads in the Premier League than the one Antonio Conte has inherited at Tottenham Hotspur, but in the surrounds of their £1bn state-of-the-art stadium it was always going to be a case of the haves and the have-nots, even before the Leeds United team was revealed.

When the starting line-ups emerged, Conte had Harry Kane and Son Heung-min and Marcelo Bielsa did not have Raphinha or Rodrigo.

The absence of two first-team players would not unduly trouble many top-flight squads, yet Raphinha’s bout of illness removed Bielsa’s main man and Rodrigo’s minor foot issue took a shed-load of experience out of the attack.

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