Leeds United left with serious questions to answer after brutal putdown by Brighton — Leeds Live 1/11/25

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The match verdict on Leeds United's display vs Brighton in today's Premier League game

Isaac Johnson Leeds United reporter

Seagulls circled above the AMEX Stadium but Brighton were vulture-like in their dismantling of a poor Leeds United.

The hosts smelt blood from the off and took just 11 minutes to go ahead through Danny Welbeck. Cut-backs were the theme of the game, with all three of Brighton's goals coming via the flank.

Diego Gomez would be the beneficiary of the final two versions, sweeping home with Lucas Perri out at sea both times. Leeds fans were loud and gave their all - but they will travel all the way back to Leeds chewing and spewing over what they saw.

Brighton hit the front early on with Yasin Ayari and Carlos Baleba having efforts on goal inside the first 10 minutes. In the 11th, Welbeck put the hosts ahead. Yankuba Minteh took advantage of Gabriel Gudmundsson being dragged out of position and chipped to ball to the on-running Mats Weiffer.

The right-back pulled back his cross with Lucas Perri coming to close down, meaning Welbeck had a fairly easy finish to score. The Whites didn't help themselves at times.

Daniel Farke was seen chatting to Noah Okafor often and he was annoyed he and no-one else was at the back post when Jayden Bogle's cross found its way across the box on 14 minutes. And a few minutes later, Sean Longstaff blasted a 20-yard free-kick miles over to the jeers of the home support.

Farke was seen turning back to his bench in disgust several times as the heavens opened. After a positive yet small period of possession, Brighton reminded Leeds of their threat when Welbeck flashed the ball just past the right post 10 minutes before half time.

Leeds' midfield was being easily sliced through, with balls being passed straight to Welbeck and players being left for dead. Minteh shot wide just before the break after sizing up Jaka Bijol before cutting inside to create space, a bit of a telegraph move the defender did not deal with.

The one bit of creativity came from Dominic Calvert-Lewin a few seconds before the whistle blew. His flick sent Okafor down the left, enabling him to find Brenden Aaronson in the box. He offloaded to Longstaff, who saw a close range effort deflected over in what was United's best move of the half.

The second half provided an instantaneous ominous moment when Leeds ball-watched as former Whites man Georginio Rutter was allowed to run forward in acres of spaces, but Perri clung onto his shot. Rutter was allowed to shoot again a few moments later but could only find the side netting.

The half-time reset for Leeds had failed and, after Calvert-Lewin thundered an effort just wide, Farke called for Anton Stach and Daniel James to come on. But any hope evaporated when Gomez scooped home into an empty net.

Minteh had the beating of Gudmundsson again and his pull back provided an easy finish for Gomez on 64 minutes, aided by a clever dummy by an oncoming attacker to take Rodon out of the picture.

Brighton tried their luck again, this time down the left hand side. Rutter pounced on poor control from Bogle and shouldered off Ethan Ampadu to pull back for Gomez to fire home with ease on 70 minutes. He won't get an easier brace all season.

Perri made a good save late on when a powerful shot deflected off Stach's head, the 'keeper adjusting to palm it away. Substitute Lukas Nmecha saw a one-on-one chance saved after taking a wide angle before Stach had a shot easily dealt with.

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