Substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga staved off a second-half comeback from Leeds as they produced one of the high-scoring football scores of the weekend in the Premier League. Harry Maguire opened the scoring in the 34th minute before Bruno Fernandes made it two in stoppage time. Rodrigo pulled one back in the 53rd minute before Raphinha scored 24 seconds later. Fred and Elanga came off the bench to score in the 70th and 88th minutes respectively.
Player ratings
Leeds: Meslier (6), Ayling (6), Struijk (6), Koch (6), Llorente (5), Dallas (6), Forshaw (6), Klich (7), James (6), Harrison (5), Rodrigo (6).
Subs: Firpo (6), Raphinha (7), Gelhardt (7).
Man Utd: De Gea (6), Wan-Bissaka (6), Lindelof (7), Maguire (7), Shaw (6), McTominay (6), Fernandes (7), Pogba (8), Lingard (6), Sancho (8), Ronaldo (7).
Subs: Fred (7), Elanga (7), Varane (n/a).
Man of the match: Jadon Sancho.
Managers Reaction
Man Utd boss Ralf Rangnick: “We knew that it was an important win today. It was similar to the one against West Ham. That was similarly emotional at the end with the last-second goal. But today it was more important, not only that we won the game but the way that we reacted after conceding the equalizer. That was the best possible answer the team could give.”
Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa: “It is impossible not to be worried. We have conceded 50 goals. Do you think I cannot be worried? How can I not feel responsible? In the first half, we started well and ended well but didn’t manage to score. In the moments we lost dominance they scored.”
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