LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Sam Allardyce was parachuted into Leeds United on a rescue mission to keep the club above the drop zone but was left apologising to fans after they were relegated on Sunday, saying the squad lacked the talent and depth of the top teams.
Leeds were thrashed 4-1 at home by Tottenham Hotspur though even a win would not have been enough as fellow relegation battlers Everton beat Bournemouth 1-0 to stay up.
"Most of it comes down to how good are your players?" added Allardyce."These players have tried very hard and I can't fault their effort but as a squad they haven't been good enough by the fact that they're in the bottom three in the Premier League. "It's tough our world when things start failing and when they start failing and confidence starts going it's very difficult to claw it back," he said.
"The last thing I wanted was to be the man who took Leeds United down. I tried all we possibly could try to get the players to get better results."
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