Leeds United vs AFC Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Leeds United bounced back from two goals down to edge Bournemouth 4-3 in an exhilarating, end-to-end encounter at Elland Road in the Premier League on Saturday.
Despite finding themselves 3-1 down early in the second half, Jesse Marsch’s Leeds mounted an epic comeback with the vociferous home support behind them to take all three points and move up to 12th in the standings.
Leeds started the game on the attack and were awarded a penalty in the third minute when Crysencio Summerville was fouled in the box and a composed Rodrigo stepped up to send goalkeeper Mark Travers the wrong way and open the scoring.
As Elland Road celebrated the early goal to create an intimidating atmosphere, Bournemouth remained unperturbed and equalised through Marcus Tavernier before Philip Billing directed a first-time strike into the roof of the net to put them ahead.
Bournemouth scored their third goal two minutes into the second half when Tavernier turned provider again on a counter-attack that began from a Leeds corner and was finished in style by Dominic Solanke.
Leeds refused to give in and struck twice in eight minutes to level the score, with 20-year-old Sam Greenwood first curling an effort past the keeper from outside the box before his delivery from a corner was headed home by Liam Cooper.
In the 84th minute, Leeds stormed forward on yet another counter-attack where Summerville burst into the box and latched on to a through ball from Wilfried Gnonto to make it 4-3.
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Tavernier is back on his feet after treatment and he's going to be able to carry on.
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Tavernier has pulled up holding his hamstring after Bournemouth's latest attack, and the physio is on to give him some treatment.
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Koch gifts the ball back to Bournemouth, who win a corner from their break. Tavernier swings it in from the right and Moore rises highest in the middle, but Meslier just gets there first to push it off his head.
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Aaronson is sandwiched between two Bournemouth players, but he manages to get a yard on both of them to tease a cross into the far post. Harrison is making a late run onto it, but Mepham intercepts with a vital header.
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CHANCE! The free-kick is swept out to Billing on the right and he lifts his cross into the near post this time. Solanke glances it onto Moore, who is unmarked as he brings it down on his chest, but then he scuffs his shot straight at Meslier.
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GREAT SAVE! Leeds' latest corner comes to nothing, and Tavernier is surging forward on the counter. Summerville slides in but it deflects to Lerma. Meslier rushes out of his box and slides in with a perfectly-timed challenge to stop him from getting in on goal.
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Struijk digs out a pass to get Aaronson in down the left and he clips an early cross into the box. Nobody's there for Leeds, but Mepham swipes at his clearance and sends it looping over the bar. Nothing comes of the corner.
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