Leeds United claimed a dramatic 2-1 win over Norwich, their first victory in nine Premier League games, to breathe life into their survival hopes.
The Whites came into Sunday’s match at Elland Road under massive pressure to find a win from somewhere – or anywhere. And against Norwich, there was huge relief all around the Leeds stadium when the full-time whistle went.
Creating chances has not been Leeds’ problem – they should have been out of sight against the Canaries. And that is what almost cost them when Kenny McLean made it 1-1 in the first minute of second-half stoppage time.
However, substitute Joe Gelhardt sent the home fans wild with an even later goal to cap a stunning afternoon for Jesse Marsch’s side.
Before then, Rodrigo had made it 1-0 amid a flurry of other chances for Leeds. What’s more, Leeds were already living on the edge when Norwich had a penalty ruled out before equalising.
In the end, though, the Whites know that any win at this stage in the season, after eight games without one and amid their battle against relegation, will prove crucial.
Leeds, whose fans were looking to get behind head coach Marsch again after he lost his first match in charge at Elland Road on Thursday, were straight out of the blocks.
Indeed, Daniel James, Luke Ayling and Patrick Bamford all started brightly. Up the other end, Milot Rashica failed with a Norwich penalty appeal and a Canaries corner was wasteful.
Rodrigo then got his goal, which survived a VAR check. A long ball over the top fell to Bamford, who looked offside amid claims from the Norwich staff that the striker interfered with play.
Nevertheless, Rodrigo then nipped in and his shot took a deflection off Ben Gibson into the bottom left corner.
Norwich had a few half-chances before the break. However, Leeds dominated and should have had more goals. Raphinha miskicked one opportunity before hitting the bar from another after a lovely, flowing Leeds move.
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