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By Graham Smyth YEP chief football writer Graham Smyth's verdict from a disappointing Leeds United away-day. In the final minutes before Leeds United took on Brighton their captain landed a playful slap on the back of Georginio Rutter's head. The former Whites player was reintroducing himself to Thorp Arch backroom staff and cuddling his old physio when Ampadu struck. That was about as close as he and Leeds got to Rutter and the home side all afternoon. Leeds have made much of Daniel Farke's willingness to adapt this season, going for a more physical, robust and at times direct approach. The aim has been to make them competitive and give them a chance of survival, in a way that totally escaped the last six newly promoted teams. But at the Amex Stadium they were not competitive over 90 minutes, far from it. Their physicality rarely showed and if it did, it barely bothered Brighton in the slightest. After the game Farke lamented a poor start for his side and they did ...

By Graham Smyth Daniel Farke saw his Leeds United side suffer a fifth Premier League defeat of the season through a 3-0 loss at Brighton. Daniel Farke admitted Leeds United were decidedly second best in defeat at Brighton but drew positives from certain reactions. The Whites went a goal down on 11 minutes when poor defending allowed Danny Welbeck to net his sixth of the season. Though Leeds had plenty of the ball in the rest of the first half they did relatively little with it. A toothless attacking performance continued in the second half and more slack, messy defending further hampered them. By the 70th minute it was over, Diego Gomez netting the second of his two goals after good work from Georginio Rutter. When it was put to Farke that his side were not competitive in the way they have been in other games this season, he responded: "I agree. We don’t have to over-analyse the game, they were the better side, deserved to win the game. There's no sugar-coating. ...

Reaction from the manager after Brighton loss. Leeds United lost away from home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday afternoon. The hosts ran out comfortable winners in the end with three unanswered goals on the South Coast. After the full-time whistle sounded, manager Daniel Farke spoke to LUTV to give his thoughts on the game. He said: “Yes, we don't have to overanalyse this game. They were the better side today and deserve to win this game and for that, you have to say congratulations. “I think there were a few key periods in this game. The first 10-15 minutes didn't start brave and confident enough, we were hanging a little bit on the ropes, and in this period, they scored the goal. “Brighton is a side who always wants to invite and wait until the opponent opens, and if you're then one nil down in the away game, it's difficult because you have to go a bit more for it. “It was not our day today, there were a few key moments, and for that, we have to ...

Brighton 3-0 Leeds: Veteran makes compelling case for England recall while abject visitors leave Daniel Farke furious as away from sets alarm bells ringing By AADAM PATEL, SPORTS REPORTER Leeds had gone into their match against Brighton on Saturday afternoon in good spirits after beating West Ham last week, but that mood was soon dampened. Danny Welbeck netted his sixth goal of the season after just 12 minutes , and the Seagulls did not look back in what was a dominant showing. Diego Gomez bagged a brace for Fabian Hurzeler's side, who picked up a much-needed victory after struggling against sides lower down the league so far this season. It's not a disastrous defeat for Leeds, but their away form is starting to prove to be something that they should be concerned about in their first season back in the top flight. They will have the chance to put things right when they travel to Nottingham Forest for their final match before the international break next week, while ...

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 ...

By Lee Sobot Leeds United took on Brighton at the Amex in their tenth game of the Premier League season. Leeds United fell to their fifth defeat of the Premier League season and second heaviest one yet as Saturday's clash at Brighton ended in a very disappointing 3-0 defeat. Leeds fell behind after just 11 minutes as Yankuba Minteh's dinked pass released Mats Wieffer whose chipped cross took out keeper Lucas Perri on its way to finding Danny Welbeck who converted from close range. United looked to respond but Dominic Calvert-Lewin was unable to get on the end of a Jayden Bogle cross and Sean Longstaff then sent a poor free-kick over the bar. Brighton, though, were threatening to bag a second and twice went close to doing so as first Welbeck and then Minteh both fired wide. Leeds were yet to muster a shot on target as part of a half featuring just one Whites attempt at goal so far compared to Brighton's eight. The Whites, though, ended the half with a decent ch...

By Charles Gray Leeds City Council backs Elland Road expansion A key meeting addressing traffic issues around the redevelopment of Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium is set to be held tomorrow. Leeds City Council’s Plans Panel will consider a report from the Chief Planning Officer tomorrow (Thursday) and traffic matters highlighted by the club, highways officers and other external bodies including National Highways and Active Travel England. Leeds United is applying for full planning permission to redevelop the West Stand and outline permission for the North Stand, with proposed works aiming to take the stadium capacity to 53,000. The 74-page position statement notes that transport was identified as the primary concern with the proposals back in July when the chief planning officer updated council members on the public consultation following their pre-application presentation to the City Plans Panel. It continues to say that despite “extensive pre-application engagement” th...