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
72 mins: Diaz fires a venomous drive across the box which deflects and nearly finds Salah but Targett flings a boot out and provides a goalscoring interception.
Superb defending from the Aston Villa loanee.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
70 mins: SUBS! So changes for both teams.
Chris Wood is replacing Joe Willock for Newcastle.
Mo Salah and Fabinho are on for Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
68 mins: Sadio Mane has gone in the book. He tried to meet Van Dijk’s header from a corner but caught Dubravka after the keeper gathered the ball.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
66 mins: Free-kick for Newcastle inside the Liverpool half. It’s lofted into the box by Shelvey and Burn hooks it back across goal for Joelinton but the flag is up.
Liverpool’s offside trap is so, so effective.
Meanwhile, Chris Wood is getting ready to come on for the home side.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
64 mins: CHANCE! Oh Sadio Mane has to make it two!
Gomez flies down the right-hand side yet again and cuts it back for Mane who is unmarked 10 yards out but can only side-foot his effort wide of the near post.
Will Liverpool rue that miss?
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
62 mins: England manager Gareth Southgate is sat next to Newcastle board member Amanda Staveley this afternoon. Oh to be a fly on that wall.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
61 mins: SUB! Jamaal Lascelles is replacing Fabian Schar here for Newcastle. The Swiss centre-back limps off with a problem.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
60 mins: Little lull in the game after that spell of Newcastle pressure. Looks like Mohamed Salah and Fabinho are not too far away from coming on.
Milner finds Jota in behind with a bouncing ball but Dubravka is out smartly. He finds its way to Robertson who tries to chip the Newcastle keeper but it’s straight into his arms.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
58 mins: It’s been better from Newcastle in the last few minutes. They are pinning Liverpool back into their own half.
Almiron finds Guimaraes down the right but he waits too long to deliver it into the middle and Liverpool end up winning the goal kick.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
55 mins: Shelvey tries his luck but Milner was crouching down to the side of the wall and managed to head it away from danger. The Liverpool midfielder has stayed down. Play is stopped.
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