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Leeds United head coach Daniel Farke told BBC Radio Leeds:
“I think it was a well deserved win, in the end. But I want to congratulate Middlesbrough on a really good away performance.
“They were positive and that makes our win a bit sweeter because we played against an excellent side.
“It was a really good first half, but the feeling in such a tight game was that we wasted
Joe Rodon and Max Wober scored their first goals for Leeds United as the Whites moved back to the top of the Championship table with victory over Derby County.
Rodon’s first-half header to open the scoring was the former Tottenham, Swansea and Rennes centre-back’s first goal in English football and just the second of his career.
Fellow defender Wober got forward to add a second soon after with a tap-in
Leeds had fallen from top spot to fourth after Tuesday’s results, but a sixth win in eight matches sent them straight back to the summit on goal difference above Sheffield United, and they did so with a display which deserved a more convincing scoreline.
A fifth successive away defeat leaves 16th-placed Luton just three points above the relegation places, a run in which they have conceded 16 goals and scored
It was credit to Oxford that they continued to try and play their way back into the game.
But in truth they were not able to create much in the way of clear-cut chances and, ultimately, had no answer to the quality in the home ranks.
Hamer was again central to Sheffield United’s third, picking up a smart backheel from Vinicius de Souza two minutes short of the hour mark
Leeds United could overhaul the Blades if they better their result at 15:00 GMT on Saturday when they welcome former Manchester United favourite Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle to Elland Road.
Despite negotiating an injury crisis, the Whites are unbeaten in seven and have won three straight at home whereas Plymouth are the worst travellers in the Championship, losing five of their six games away from Home Park without scoring.
Their
Given City’s lengthy injury list, manager Pep Guardiola will be delighted with a victory that means his side can see how Arsenal go on against Liverpool from a position of authority, and to have suffered no more problems.
Haaland, though, will wonder how on earth he only came away with a single goal, which takes his tally to 14 in all competitions this season.
A ripped shirt was the legacy
Liverpool seem able to exert greater control under Slot’s more studied style than on the occasions when so many victories were secured after a wild ride under Klopp.
This must never be taken as a criticism of the German, who left at the end of last season after a nine-year spell as boss, but Slot’s early statistics are hugely impressive – the home defeat by Nottingham Forest in September the
Just three minutes in, summer signing Zian Flemming went close for the visitors but his shot was well kept out by Wednesday goalkeeper James Beadle.
The hosts grew into the game and almost got in behind the Burnley backline but superb last-ditch defending from Chelsea loanee Bashir Humphreys denied Wednesday’s Djeidi Gassama a presentable goalscoring opportunity.
On the half-hour mark, Wednesday skipper Barry Bannan delivered a pinpoint free-kick into the
Millwall now enter a period where they play four of their next five games at home, starting against Derby County on Saturday and followed by Plymouth (home), Swansea (away), Burnley (home) and Leeds (home).
Harris said Adam Mayor and Shaun Hutchinson were back in full training this week but would not be ready to face Derby. Tom Bradshaw, Josh Coburn and Billy Mitchell have also been training.
With the club
Mohamed Salah’s penalty sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League as they beat winless Wolves.
The forward’s second-half spot kick quickly restored an advantage that had been cancelled out by Rayan Ait-Nouri’s leveller after Ibrahima Konate’s first Premier League goal had given the visitors the lead at Molineux.
Arne Slot’s side capitalised on Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at Newcastle and moved back above Arsenal to reclaim top