Leeds United get first away win after seeing off Wolves — Telegraph & Argus 22/9/25
Leeds came from behind to beat Wolves 3-1 on Saturday, as they extended the hosts' losing start to the Premier League season to five matches.
Boss Vitor Pereira was backed by the Molineux hierarchy with
a new three-year deal during the week but there was nothing for him to
celebrate as Leeds picked up their first win since the opening day.
It was also their first three points on the road this
season, making up for their last-gasp 1-0 defeat at Fulham last time out.
Wolves are still without a point and defeat left them rooted
to the bottom of the table, already four points adrift of safety and seven
behind the newly-promoted Whites.
Wolves took the lead in a Premier League match for the first
time this season through Ladislav Krejci's first for the club, but Daniel
Farke's men ran riot in the last 15 minutes of the half to flip the game on its
head.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin started the onslaught with Leeds'
first goal from open play this campaign, Anton Stach fired in a brilliant
free-kick, then Noah Okafor's effort on the stroke of half-time gave Leeds a
healthy advantage.
That did the damage for Wolves and fans aimed their chants
at the club's ownership, Fosun Group, and chairman Jeff Shi, singing "you
sold the team, now sell the club".
Wolves started well and got the opener in the eighth minute.
Tolu Arokodare played a neat one-touch exchange with Fer
Lopez and the latter fed the ball through to Krejci, who expertly lifted it
beyond goalkeeper Karl Darlow.
Leeds settled down and began to cause a threat down the left
through Okafor, who got in behind the back line but had a couple of crosses
dealt with by the Wolves defence.
The away side's growing confidence was evident and after
Lopez was robbed of possession in midfield, Brenden Aaronson blasted over the
crossbar from distance.
They got their due rewards just after the half-hour mark
when Calvert-Lewin jumped highest to nod in Jayden Bogle's delivery and level
the scores.
Leeds continued to put the hosts under pressure and found
themselves with a free-kick 20 yards from goal after Krejci brought down
Calvert-Lewin.
Stach made the most of it, bending a superb effort past the
despairing dive of Jose Sa and into the top corner to give the visitors the
lead.
There was still time in the first period for things to get
worse for Pereira's side, Stach this time turned supplier with an arrowing
drive through the middle of the park which teed up Okafor to finish.
Wolves needed to respond after the interval and threatened
when Marshall Munetsi saw a header saved by Darlow.
The hosts were running out of time, but Leeds looked
comfortable in defence and Darlow was alert to keep out Joao Gomes and maintain
his team's two-goal advantage.
