DANIEL Farke admitted that Leeds United's victory over Tottenham Hotspur was sweetened by his side ending the club's lunch-time hoodoo.

Beforehand, United held the Premier League record for the longest run of games without a win before 3pm.

At the 22nd attempt, Leeds ended that unwanted sequence - which had stretched back to March 2022 - thanks to Noah Okafor's 79th-minute winner.

Farke, whose side also won for the first time in six league matches, said: "This talking point with this lunch-time kick-off is now out of the way. I quite like that as well, so that at least talking about it is a bit away now.

Leeds United manager Daniel Farke following the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds. Picture date: Saturday November 7, 2026.

placeholder image — Leeds United manager Daniel Farke following the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds. Picture date: Saturday November 7, 2026.

"You can win and lose some momentum pretty quickly. We have not done too much wrong in the past weeks, with just a very difficult spell of difficult away games.

"And then one home game against Man United, where it was actually a joke that we didn't win. So we didn't do much badly, but all of a sudden you have a few games in a row where you don't have the winning feeling and this is always difficult.

"To win back the momentum, the first win isn't about going out and playing the opponent out of the park. You have to earn and work for it and I think it was exactly the right way with this hard-fought and well-deserved win to win the momentum back.

"Especially heading into the international break, it was very important."

Leeds United's Noah Okafor celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match at Elland Road, Leeds. Picture date: Saturday November 7, 2026.

Match-winner Okafor scored just 97 seconds after entering the fray. It was the fastest Premier League goal scored by a substitute this term.

On the impact of Okafor, who had been struggling with an abductor issue in recent weeks, Farke said: "Credit to our medical department and also to Noah, he has worked in a very, very disciplined fashion, 24 hours a day more or less to be available.

"With a few concerns of the medical department, they said (on Friday): 'Boss, Listen, if you want to use him, you have to make sure that you stay unbelievably disciplined and you can't bring him on longer than 15 or 20 minutes.'

On Gabriel Gudmundsson, who came off with a hamstring injury at the break, Farke added: "I hope that it's not too bad and hope to have him back on the other side of the international break."