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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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:
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
He is how the deadlock was broken through Liverpool’s Naby Keita.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
30 mins: Guimaraes wins a foul deep inside the Liverpool half on the right touchline. Milner the culprate.
Shelvery delivers and Robertson heads powerfully clear at the near post. Newcastle will need to do more with set-pieces like those if they are to put pressure on the Liverpool back line this afternoon.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
28 mins: St James’ Park is getting quite aggressive now. They are willing their players on, but they can also feel that Liverpool are getting on top.
Here’s a half chance for the hosts though. They find Saint-Maximin on the edge of the area and he tries to let fly but catches his attempt all wrong as it trickles wide.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
27 mins: Liverpool come forward dangerously again. Keita finds Diaz on the right side of the penalty area. He breezes past Targett and for a moment looks like he could go down but decides to stay on his feet. He pulls it back into the centre but Shelvey clears.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
25 mins: It was a fair challenge from Milner on Schar and we came to the right decision with that goal.
It was a lovely interchange between Keita and Jota to allow the Guinean the time and space to round Dubravka and fire into the net.
Great goal. Newcastle frustrated but they’ll need to get on with it.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
23 mins: This will be a major test of Newcastle’s character here now. Liverpool could run away with the game if they are not careful.
GOAL! Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool (Keita, 19)
19 mins: Liverpool make the breakthrough and it’s Naby Keita.
Controversy as Schar is caught by Milner but referee Andre Marriner plays on. Keita plays a neat one-two with Jota and then leaves Dubravka on the floor before firing past three Newcastle players on the line.
The VAR Mike Dean had a look but Milner got the ball ahead of Schar. Goal stands.
Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool
18 mins: Mane’s sloppy pass into Jota is intercepted by Burn and Newcastle try to break immediately. They play it straight up towards Saint-Maximin and for a moment he looks to be the favourite ahead of Alisson but the Brazilian crucially gets there just in front of him to put it out for a throw.
Interesting game. Liverpool with the ball, Newcastle with the pace on the break.
Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool
16 mins: Mane and Jota are switching between the centre and left-hand side. Diaz is the one of the three sticking to his position on the right.
And there’s a chance! Diaz works it out to Gomez on the right and he sends a low ball towards Mane at the back post but Krafth gets in front of him to clear it away from danger.
Flag was up as Mane strayed a little beyond Newcastle’s defensive line, but Krafth wasn’t to know that. Good defending.
Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool
14 mins: Liverpool beginning to enjoy more lengthy spells of possession. Jordan Henderson is receiving boos from the Newcastle fans as a former Sunderland player.
Van Dijk tries to find Jota with a diagonal ball from the halfway line but it’s out of play for a Newcastle throw.
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