Mighty Leeds Weblog

By Graham Smyth The Verdict on Leeds United’s massive 3-0 Premier League win at home to Wolves. Leeds United are well on their way to rubberstamping Premier League status and changing a long-held, deep-rooted narrative. It has taken 33 games to put the Whites on the edge of survival, but altering a club's mindset takes a lot longer than that. There was a perfect example of how this club and its fanbase tends to think in the 75 minutes prior to their 3-0 win over almost-relegated Wolves. Dan Bentley had not played a single minute of senior football this season before being pressed into action at Elland Road. The jokes wrote themselves. Lev Yashin reincarnate. Man of the Match award claimed already. Etc etc. Daniel Farke is not a big fan of this ingrained expectation that when it comes to the crunch Leeds will shoot themselves in the foot, or the face. Doing a Leeds has not been a phrase associated with happiness for a long time. He and others among the hierarchy have been de...

By Stuart Rayner Daniel Farke praised Leeds United's "maturity" for seeing out a 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers he said was more comfortable than it felt. When they went 2-0 up inside 20 minutes, the Whites were cruising to the win that would put them nine points above the relegation zone ahead of Tottenham Hotspur's evening kick-off against Brighton and Hove Albion. They laboured from there, not adding a decisive third goal until Dominic Calvert-Lewin's penalty five minutes into stoppage time. "I just thought we were playing a bit rubbish," was James Justin's verdict on how the team played after Noah Okafor followed up his spectacular opener. His manager disagreed. "I wouldn't say rubbish, it was just a game where it was more important to win the three points and you feel it in the crunchtime as a player," he commented. "When we are 2-0 up, you're always a bit in between – should we keep going and press...

By Graham Smyth Daniel Farke’s Leeds United side capped a fantastic week with victory against Wolves at Elland Road. Daniel Farke says Leeds United's survival job is not done but they are in a fantastic position to go on and achieve it after a 'fully deserved' 3-0 win over Wolves. The Whites were well worth the three points thanks to a rip-roaring start to the game in which they scored twice in two minutes before the 20-minute mark. James Justin's spectacular bicycle kick was followed by Noah Okafor's fifth goal in his last five Premier League outings. Leeds had other chances and Karl Darlow pulled off a spectacular second half save to preserve his clean sheet, but it wasn't until time added on that Dominic Calvert-Lewin won and scored a penalty to make the three points safe. Leeds moved onto 39 points with their second victory of the week, piling pressure on Spurs in 18th place. Farke admitted he was nervous about this game, coming hot on the heels ...

Leeds 3-0 Wolves: James Justin, Noah Okafor, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin were the goalscorers for the hosts Mark Walker Leeds took another big step towards Premier League safety with a 3-0 win against all-but-relegated Wolves at Elland Road. Quickfire first-half goals from James Justin and Noah Okafor put Leeds in control, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s stoppage-time penalty sealed back-to-back league wins for the first time this season. Daniel Farke’s side moved six points clear of the bottom three after Monday night’s 2-1 win at Manchester United, and their ninth league win of the season lifted them further clear of the bottom three. Rock-bottom Wolves began the day 15 points adrift of safety, and their relegation could be confirmed this weekend if other results go against them. Leeds burst out of the blocks as Dominic Calvert-Lewin forced Wolves goalkeeper Dan Bentley into a smothering save in the first minute and James Justin headed over soon after. Calvert-Lewin’s cutback...

By Stuart Rayner For 20 minutes Leeds United put on a show force before sleepwalking through more than 70 minutes of football. After such a promising start, their 3-0 win was not a classic and the Whites' mission this season is not quite accomplished, but it is pretty close to. Victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers opened up a nine-point gap to Tottenham Hotspur and six to Nottingham Forest before the rest of the relegation-threatened teams took to the field. But what is about the Whites and 2-0 leads? For three games running they have made work of getting over the line from there, but for three games running they have and that is all that really matters. And this time they did actually score that decisive third, just not until stoppage time. Early on it looked like they might run up a cricket score in something approaching cricket weather – well, the sun was out, anyway – but lovely goals for James Justin and Noah Okafor looked like being all the punishment Wolves would...

By Lee Sobot Leeds United knew victory against Wolves at Elland Road would take them nine points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Leeds United gave their quest for Premier League survival another massive boost with a 3-0 win at home to Saturday’s visitors Wolves which booted the Whites further clear of the drop zone and brought new rivals into view. Five days on from Monday night’s brilliant 2-1 win at Manchester United, Noah Okafor continued his stellar recent run with another goal and assist - the winger setting up James Justin to score the game’s opening goal with an amazing finish overhead kick. Daniel Farke’s Whites took a 2-0 lead into the break and the second half became a bit of a non-event until finally livening up towards the closing stages, Leeds making absolutely sure of victory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin thumped home a 95th-minute penalty awarded for a foul on the Whites no 9. The victory took Leeds up to 39 points with five games remaining, nine points...