After their midweek draw at Old Trafford, Leeds face Manchester United in the return fixture at Elland Road. Tim de Lisle has live updates
Hello and welcome to the grudge match of the day. You wait 11 months for a Man U-Leeds meeting, then two come along in a week.
On Wednesday at Old Trafford Leeds bossed the first few minutes of each half and stormed into a 2-0 lead, but were pegged back when Jadon Sancho came on and Marcus Rashford moved into the middle. The atmosphere was predictably poisonous, with the Leeds fans telling Rashford and Sancho “you let your country down”, only to find each of them answering back with a goal.Manchester United
it was a setback, though it showed spirit. They sorely missed Casemiro’s ability to snuff out danger and will have to do without him again today. With Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen still injured, Erik ten Hag has to stick with the flaky Fred and the rusty Marcel Sabitzer or twist by pushing a defender into midfield. He has given Victor Lindelof a few minutes there and pointed out that Lindelof is used to it from his days at Benfica.
Ten Hag’s other problem is that his regulars may well be knackered. This is Man United’s 15th game in all competitions since the World Cup, two more than the nextclub . As Ten Hag is a reluctant rotator, the likes of Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw have a lot of miles on the clock.
Leeds, for a team with no boss, are in quite a good place. They’ve got Patrick Bamford back and Wilfried Gnonto flying. They haven’t won in the league since 5 November, when they beat Bournemouth 4-3, but the four wins they collected before that included upsets against Chelsea and Liverpool. With Elland Road baying for blood, they’ll fancy their chances of another big scalp.
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