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Good Morning. It's Monday 25th September, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road
Leeds destroy sorry Watford
Leeds recorded their first league victory of the season at the weekend, with a comprehensive display over a Watford team, with little to cheer about.
It's been a long time coming; the Whites hadn't won at home (in the league) since the beginning of April. The visitors tried to make things difficult, by getting ten men behind the ball, but once deadlock was broken, the flood gates opened. In truth, Watford were awful, and put up about as much fight as a Russell Brand appreciation society, as Leeds battered the Hornets into submission, in one of the most one sided games you'll see this season.
The Elland Road faithful had to wait until the 67th minute to break the deadlock. Dan James broke clear down the right channel, and delivered a superb cross to the back post, where Piroe had arrived from nowhere to grab his fourth of the season.
They doubled their lead just three minutes later, when Byram headed home James' corner, followed by a third, a few minutes from time after Rutter sliced the Watford defence wide open, to give Jaidon Anthony a one on one with Bachman, and he didn't disappoint.
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We totally dominated this game - Farke
After the game, during his post match presser, Leeds Manager Daniel Farke couldn't hide his elation with three valuable points, a forth clean sheet in a row, and a dominant display, which saw the Whites climb to 6th in the table:-
"That we returned to the dressing room with a clean sheet is for me the most pleasing topic today." "Obviously it's a great result for us, great performance. Even in the first half I was so, so happy because we totally dominated this game, we created so many chances in the first half; didn't allow them to have one chance. It was hard for them to get a touch in our half.
"Second half we were able to convert our dominance into great goals, we could have scored perhaps a few more." "But we then also showed the discipline to stay concentrated and focused. Although we would have won the game anyway, we had the greediness, when it was 2-0, to bring it over the line. "Illan [Meslier] was not much involved today but in the 95th minute he had to be there with a save to stay that concentrated and focused."
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Leeds face fight to keep hold of Gray
Leeds face competition from a host of top flight outfits including Everton and Crystal Palace, to keep hold of
rising star Archie Gray.
The 17yo England youth International has been in devastating form since breaking into the Leeds line-up this season, and has obviously caught the eye of many scouts, looking to make a fast buck. He penned a two and a half year contract, days after his 17th birthday back in March, and has not looked back.
He has progressed within the club’s academy system since the age of eight, and was selected in the first-team Premier League squad at the age of 15, being named on the bench for a home match against Arsenal in December 2021. He Captained the England Under-16s when they beat France to win the Val-de-Marne tournament in November 2021 and now wears the Captain's armband for the National Under-17s.
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