Leeds vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Follow all the action as Pep Guardiola’s men look to return to the top of the Premier League table with victory at Elland Road
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Your support makes all the difference.There was spirit, there was fight, there were a lot of screwed-up balls of paper, but ultimately nothing that Elland Road threw at Manchester City could prevent the defending champions from securing a comfortable 4-0 victory which returned them to the top of the Premier League table and left Leeds languishing at the other end, now only one place above the relegation zone.
Leeds were bold and boisterous but always second-best. Jesse Marsch’s side were a test for City initially but let themselves down with slack defending on set-pieces for the first two goals, converted by Rodri and Nathan Aké. Gabriel Jesus and Fernandinho then helped close the gap to Liverpool’s goal difference. City remain one point clear and are now only one goal short of their rivals on the tiebreaker.
There were periods where Pep Guardiola’s side were far from their sparkling best. The first half was combative, a little ugly and threatened to get out of hand at times as referee Paul Tierney struggled to take control. Throughout the 90 minutes, Jack Grealish was playfully pelted with balls of paper left over from a pre-match ‘Yorkshire’ tifo. It was more than a little disruptive and this was more of a battle for City than the final scoreline suggests.
Follow all the reaction from a crunch match at Elland Road below:
Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace’s regular end-of-season slump looks set to continue this afternoon.
Oriol Romeu’s early goal has set Saints on their way to inflicting a fourth defeat in five games on Palace.
Wolves 0-1 Brighton
Alexis Mac Allister’s first half penalty separates the sides in this one.
The Argentine forward missed a spot kick earlier in the half as he struck it against the post. But he stepped up for a second time and found the back of the net for the Seagulls as they take a slender advantage into the break at Molineux.
Watford 1-0 Burnley
A nightmare for Burnley so far then. This would have been a game they were confident of winning given Watford have lost their last 10 home league matches.
But James Tarkowski’s own goal sees them go in behind. Everton fans will be loving the prospect of a Watford win here.
Premier League half-time scores
Here are your half-time scores in the Premier League then:
- Watford 1-0 Burnley
- Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich
- Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace
- Wolves 0-1 Brighton
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Brighton (Mac Allister, 43)
43 mins: Alexis Mac Allister steps up again having already missed a penalty today.
This time he gets it right though! He goes the same way and while Jose Sa gets a hand to it he can’t keep it out.
PENALTY! Wolves 0-0 Brighton
43 mins: Boly commits a needless foul inside the penalty area and Brighton have a second spot kick of the afternoon!
GOAL! Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich (Watkins, 40)
40 mins: It’s been all Norwich for around 20 minutes but Villa are ahead now.
Ollie Watkins battles Brandon Williams off the ball and rifles into the corner from the right-hand side of the penalty area.
Just before that, Danny Ings came on for the injured Leon Bailey.
Watford 1-0 Burnley
39 mins: Burnley are now beginning to get on top against Watford. But they need to get a move on as we approach half-time.
MISSED PENALTY! Wolves 0-0 Brighton
31 mins: Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister steps up and fires the penalty against the post! The Seagulls have now missed three penalties in a row.
Torrid.
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