Expulsion of Spurs leaves City alone in the Conference

LEICESTER City are the only English team left in the Uefa Conference League.

It comes after Tottenham Hotspur were expelled from the competition by Uefa.

Having had their Conference League match against Rennes postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak, Tottenham were looking for options to get the match played.

They tried to push for their Premier League match against Leicester last Thursday to be postponed so they could play Rennes that day instead.

That attempt was blocked by the Premier League, though the Leicester match was postponed on the day of the match.

Uefa have now ruled Tottenham forfeited their match against Rennes and the French side were handed a 3-0 victory.

Spurs are “considering their response to the decision”, according to our sister title football.london.

Leicester and Spurs were favourites to win the competition.

Uefa said: “The matter was submitted to the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body for a decision to be taken in accordance with Annex J of the Regulations of the Uefa Europa Conference League (2021/22 Season).

“Based on the Article 30 (4) of the Uefa Disciplinary Regulations and given the urgent circumstances of the matter, the ad-hoc chairman of the body referred the case to the appeals body.

“The chairman of the appeals body took the following decision: To declare the 2021/22 Uefa Europa Conference League group stage match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Stade Rennais FC, that was scheduled to be played on December 9, as forfeited by Tottenham Hotspur FC, who is therefore deemed to have lost the match 0-3.”