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:
Leeds 0-2 Man City
58 mins: Man City win themselves a corner and Grealish is pelted with pieces of paper as he tries to take it.
He laughs it off, but there was a tiny little kid throwing stuff at the Man City man. Not what you want to see.
Man City totally in control now.
Leeds 0-2 Man City
56 mins: For all of Leeds’ hardwork and impressive performances, they have conceded from two set-pieces. That will be so disappointing for Jesse Marsch.
By contrast, Manchester City have now netted 18 times from set-pieces this season - more than any other Premier League side.
GOAL! Leeds 0-2 Man City (Ake, 54)
54 mins: It’s in from the corner. Game over?
Another set-piece and another goal for the Premier League champions. Foden sends the corner into the box, Dias nods it down and Ake sweeps home from inside the six-yard box.
So easy. So simple. Probably the knockout blow.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
54 mins: Man City’s turn to pour forward.
Jesus finds Sterling down the right and the England international cuts in past one, two, three Leeds players before skewing his shot. It’s such a timid effort that Grealish gets it back under control and goes for a curling effort of his own but it’s well wide. Has to do better there.
City come again as Cancelo crosses for Jesus but Ayling puts it behind for a corner.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
52 mins: Leeds are giving Manchester City a real game. Newcastle struggled to really take the game to Liverpool earlier, even though they did stay in it throughout. But Leeds are offering a more dynamic approach going forward.
City come forward now though...
Leeds 0-1 Man City
50 mins: Rodrigo sends a cross into the box which Harrison leaps for but Ederson is there ahead of him. Harrison goes down and the fans plead for a penalty but the Leeds man is laughing on the floor. He knows it wasn’t.
Such an atmosphere at Elland Road.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
48 mins: Grealish bursts beyond Ayling and sends a great ball across the face of goal but Jesus, Sterling and Foden are all stood on the edge of the box. Grealish looks crestfallen.
The ex-Villa man is being booed at every opportunity by the home fans. Not sure why. Because he has been fouled a load of times?
Leeds 0-1 Man City
46 mins: Back underway then and Junior Firpo is straight on the front foot as he bursts down the left and plays in a cross which momentarily has Ederson worried but ends up dropping beyond the far post.
HT: Leeds 0-1 Man City
The players are back out so we are going to be underway in the next few moments. A reminder that Dan James came on for Stuart Dallas at the end of that first half.
HT: Leeds 0-1 Man City
For those of you just joining us, the second half will be underway about 10 minutes later than schedule.
This is due to Stuart Dallas being stretchered off in the first half after injuring himself following a bad challenge on Jack Grealish.
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