Swansea City 0 Leeds United 4: Seventh heaven as rampant Whites overcome key player loss — YEP 13/2/24
Leeds United took on Swansea City in South Wales looking for a seventh league win on the spin.
By Lee Sobot
Leeds United took their strong push for automatic promotion
up another level with an impressive 4-0 romp at Tuesday night's Championship
hosts Swansea City as Willy Gnonto helped himself to a double.
Whites boss Daniel Farke had named an unchanged side for the
contest but was forced into making a late alteration as striker Patrick Bamford
pulled out during the warm-up. Joel Piroe instead came into the XI against his
former side to partner Georginio Rutter in the front line.
With just ten minutes on the clock, Piroe was firing Leeds
into a 2-0 lead as part of a lightning fast start from the Whites who went
ahead inside just eight minutes through Crysencio Summerville.
As Leeds dominated from the outset, Summerville cut inside
from an Ilia Gruev pass and unleashed a low drive which took a deflection en
route to beating keeper Carl Rushworth inside the left hand post.
Two minutes later, Leeds poured forward again and Gnonto
slid in Piroe who cracked home a clinical finish with the contest only ten
minutes into its duration.
Leeds then squandered a golden chance to bag a third goal in
the 16th minute via a rapid break from a Swansea corner but Gnonto was unable
to beat keeper Carl Rushworth from point blank range as Rushworth saved with an
outstretched arm.
Farke's side were cruising but Swansea were then denied by a
good save from keeper Illan Meslier who denied Ronald's attempt at a tight
angle from close range. Instead, Leeds went 3-0 up in the 35th minute as Gnonto
this time made no mistake after being played in by a lovely dinked through ball
from Archie Gray.
Gnonto then surged towards goal and turned centre back Ben
Cabango before firing home a bullet strike into the bottom right corner.
Moments later, Leeds went close to bagging a fourth through Georginio Rutter
who stormed into the box from the left flank but fired his shot straight at
keeper Rushworth's chest.
Leeds went into the interval with a 3-0 advantage which
would have been much bigger and Farke's Whites again attacked from the outset
upon the restart.
Swansea twice went close approaching the hour mark as Liam
Cullen's low shot squirmed the wrong side of the post before Jamie Patterson
scooped an effort from close range over the bar.
