Manchester United scored twice in the last 10 minutes at Elland Road to put managerless Leeds in relegation trouble.
Five days after Marcus Rashford scored the Red Devils’ first goal as they came back from 2-0 down at home to draw against the same opponents, the England striker broke the deadlock when he netted Luke Shaw for his 21st goal. met with a curling cross. of the weather
Substitute Alejandro Garnacho then raced past the home defense before beating Illan Meslier at his near post to the obvious delight of manager Erik ten Hague on the touchline.
The result was harsh on Leeds, who created a number of good chances but could not beat visiting goalkeeper David De Gea.
However, in the end it was the visitors who showed that extra touch of class to take them seven points ahead of fifth-placed Tottenham in the battle for a Champions League place.
Leeds are in a far more precarious position at the other end of the table and will move into the relegation zone if Everton win the Merseyside derby at Anfield on Monday.
The Whites need to arrest a damaging nine-game winless run that has brought them just four points from a possible 27, with Jesse Marsh needing to be replaced, who was sacked last week. It is necessary now more than ever.
Clubs condemn fans’ chants.
For about 45 minutes, the atmosphere was the perfect element of an afternoon’s tension crackling in the distance but the quality was lacking.
Sadly, the mood around the stadium soured just before half-time when chants about the Munich air disaster and the murder of two Leeds fans in Istanbul in 2000 were exchanged between rival fans.
The clubs issued a joint statement after full-time in which they strongly condemned the “totally unacceptable” chants.
On the pitch, Meslier produced a superb save with his feet to deny Bruno Fernandes in first-half stoppage time. From the ensuing corner, the ball bounced off Luke Ayling and narrowly wide of the far post, with Rashford inches away from converting.
But in general the first period was a topsy-turvy affair that lacked clear-cut opportunities. And it was in keeping with the mood around Elland Road that Jadon Sancho and Tyrell Malacia were the subject of fierce, but fair, tackles from the early leads.
Ayling and Malaysia also had an interesting match with the Leeds player holding onto the ball as his opponent tried to take it away for a quick throw, and Leeds duo Junior Firpo and Weston McKenney and Manchester United K Fred was booked as referee Paul. Tierney tried to regain control.
Leads at the bottom are in danger.
Despite Ten Hague’s complaints after the sides met on Wednesday, the visitors were once again guilty of a slow start.
They were also lucky not to concede early in the second half when Crescencio Summerville brought out a low save from De Gea, Jack Harrison shot wide at the near post and Ayling’s effort deflected off Shaw.
It was a precursor to a more positive second-half encounter, with Diego Dalot hitting the bar from the edge of the area and Ayling sending an overhead kick straight at De Gea, who also blocked Summerwell’s shot. . far corner.
With matches against fellow strugglers Everton and Southampton looming, Leeds badly need to identify Marsh’s replacement after hitting a brick wall in their attempts to lure Rio Vallecano’s Andoni Erola and West Brom’s Carlos Corbyn. Is.
