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:
Leeds 0-1 Man City
23 mins: Leeds eventually win the ball back and look to break inside the Manchester City half. Klich plays it out to Raphinha but he has needlessly drifted offside.
The game has now been stopped due to a huge number of cards being thrown onto the pitch from the Leeds fans. They were using them in the stands before the game but now they have migrated onto the pitch.
Stop-start since the goal.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
21 mins: Grealish chopped down for a second time this afternoon. It’s Dallas again who is the culprit.
Man City have not relinquished the ball since the restart. They have Leeds right where they want them at this moment.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
19 mins: Laporte didn’t move for two minutes but it looks like he is going to continue here. You can see the bump on the side of his head. Find it baffling that he is continuing.
Koch also staying on.
We are back underway.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
17 mins: Both Laporte and Koch are down on the ground receiving treatment. Koch has sat up but Laporte has not moved.
Doesn’t look good for the Manchester City man. You can’t imagine he is going to stay on the pitch here, even if it isn’t serious.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
15 mins: Immediately after the deadlock is broken, Leeds have their own free-kick as Grealish fouls Raphinha.
it’s swung in dangerously and Gundogan gets there first to clear it away.
Leeds come again as Raphinha delivers towards the front post but Laporte gets there and a nasty clash of heads sees the Man City defender left in a heap on the floor.
Leeds 0-1 Man City (Rodri, 13)
13 mins: Manchester City lead through Rodri.
Gundogan looks set to take the free-kick but it ends up being an outswinger from Foden and Rodri gets across his marker to nod beyond Ilan Meslier at the far post.
Textbook set-piece. The champions ahead.
Leeds 0-0 Man City
12 mins: Stuart Dallas penalised for bringing down Raheem Sterling on the near touchline. Another chance for Gundogan to deliver an enticing ball into the box.
Oh and there it is...
Leeds 0-0 Man City
12 mins: City have been camped inside the Leeds half for the opening 12 minutes of this game, but they haven’t really created anything of note just yet.
Meanwhile, Gareth Southgate is spotted in the stands. He was at Newcastle vs Liverpool earlier today and has now made the journey to Leeds for this one.
Leeds 0-0 Man City
10 mins: Ayling snaps into a challenge on Foden after the ball has gone. Referee Paul Tierney does not blow for a foul and Ayling ends up putting the ball out of play when Foden fails to get back to his feet.
Foden fuming. Tierney unmoved.
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