Robert Vilahamn and Amandine Miquel react to Tottenham's 1-0 victory over Leicester City in the Women's Super League

An early own goal from Janina Leitzig gifted Tottenham a winning start to 2025 as they beat Leicester in the Women's Super League. Goalkeeper Leitzig turned in Amanda Nilden's deflected cross in the fourth minute after great work from Maite Oroz in the build-up.

The new Women's Super League marks the start of a new era for reigning champions Chelsea, with long-serving boss Emma Hayes having departed in summer to start a new adventure with the USA Women's team.

Watch live coverage of Spurs v Leicester, plus live text from Sunday's four other games including the Manchester derby in the Women's Super League.

Tottenham have signed Leicester City goalkeeper Lize Kop for an undisclosed fee. The Netherlands internationals joins on a deal until June 2028 and will wear the number one shirt at Spurs. She made 17 appearances for Leicester City after joining from Ajax in August 2023 and made her Women's Super League debut in January 2024.

Leicester managed just eight shots in the game, worth 0.47 expected goals, compared to Fulham's 17 (2.19 xG). However, while the hosts had four shots on target, the Cottagers only had two, scoring wit

Mitoma is now the outright highest-scoring Japanese player in Premier League history, with 15 goals, moving one clear of former Leicester City striker Shinji Okazaki. Mitoma also got an assist on Sunday at Old Trafford, taking him to 12 in his Premier League career, double the total of any other Japanese player.

Ange Postecoglou looked on as his Tottenham team lost yet again, this time to Everton, and Jamie Carragher has given a scathing verdict on his Spurs side.

Talking points from Leicester City's 2-0 defeat to Fulham, looking at the substitution of Bilal El Khannouss, Ruud van Nistelrooy's run of form, Tom Cannon's transfer and more

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Van Nistelrooy has won just four of Leicester's points since taking over from Cooper. He started with a win over West Ham United and a draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. He's yet to pick up a single point away from home and Leicester's form from one manager to the next is the definition of going from bad to worse.