Leeds 5-2 Newcastle: Jack Harrison scores a fantastic fifth as Leeds puts Newcastle at the sword | Football news

Three goals in the final 15 minutes, including a shout from Jack Harrison, sent Leeds back on the winning track with a 5-2 win over Newcastle, after their set pieces nearly cost them again at Elland Road.

The hosts, who had lost their last two and won only one of their first six league games at home, dominated the entire match but needed Patrick Bamford (35) to appear with his ninth goal of the season after Jeff Hendrick (26) scored against the run of the game.

Newcastle saw a loud penalty cry for Callum Wilson who waved goodbye not long before Rodrigo took a look at a good cross from Jack Harrison (61) to put Leeds in command, but once again the team from Marcelo Bielsa broke into a set piece, with Ciaran Clark heading the corner (65).

However, Leeds could not be denied their deserved victory, and Stuart Dallas (77) and Ezgjan Alioski (85) finished clinically before the impressive Harrison attacked from the edge of the area to complete all three points in style.

The result keeps Leeds 14th, but moves up to the level of 13th-ranked Newcastle, which has a game at hand, with 17 points.

How Leeds beat Newcastle …

Newcastle, which entered the game after back-to-back victories but with the coronavirus still affecting some of its squad and staff, got off to a brilliant start, with Isaac Hayden badly hitting a cross on the roof of Leeds’ net. But from around five minutes onwards, the hosts took control of the ball, with Liam Cooper testing Karl Darlow from a corner before Jack Harrison, Raphinha and Mateusz Klich sent the efforts off target.

However, the visitors marked an unlikely opening clinically. Fit-again Ryan Fraser had just seen a low shot saved by Illan Meslier, but when Wilson threw his cross there was nothing the keeper could do to prevent Hendrick from hitting his second of the season at the back post.

Leeds almost instantly resumed their assault on Newcastle’s goal: they had 14 shots in the first half, more than any team has had in the first 45 matches of a Premier League match this season, and, after Raphinha fired hard at Darlow and then savagely finished, the hosts pulled level.

Raphinha became a creator, cutting out an attractive center for Rodrigo to address the goal. Darlow touched the bar, but couldn’t recover in time to prevent Bamford from nodding on the follow-up.

Newcastle came out for the second half with renewed intent and felt they should have taken a penalty shot in the 53rd minute when Cooper slipped and bit into Wilson’s heel in the box. Referee Simon Hooper initially rejected it and VAR Kevin Friend endorsed it.

Eight minutes later, Leeds was in charge. Harrison brilliantly lowered Rodrigo’s pass and then shoved it back into the middle for the Spaniard to look home.

However, Leeds had the advantage for just a few moments, when Clark headed in from a corner, the 12th set-piece goal Leeds has let in this season out of a total of 24.

Despite the setback, Bielsa’s team continued to have the lead and Dallas took their third after Sean Longstaff lost possession in his own box and Klich crossed to the back post.

Leeds didn’t stop there. Alioski whipped home after substitute Pablo Hernandez spotted him in space in the Newcastle area and Harrison grabbed the headlines with a wonderful shot at halftime in the final minutes, crashing his left leg from the edge of the area.

It was an emphatic shot for a dominant display from Bielsa’s side, the day the manager took over his 114th game with the club, the most he has been to one side throughout his career.

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• Leeds United scored five goals in a Premier League match at home for the first time since May 2001, when they beat Bradford City 6-1.
• Newcastle conceded five goals in a first-rate league game against a newly promoted team for the first time since August 1958 against Blackburn (1-5).
• Leeds became the first newly promoted team to score five goals in a Premier League match at home since Leicester won 5-1 against QPR in May 2015, and won the Premier League the following season.
• Patrick Bamford became Marcelo Bielsa’s career top scorer as a coach, scoring his 35th goal and beating Fernando Llorente, who scored 34 goals with Bielsa between 2011 and 2013 for Athletic Bilbao.
• Pablo Hernández became the oldest player (35 years and 249 days) to attend a Premier League match for Leeds twice since Gordon Strachan in November 1993 against Swindon, who was 36 years old.
• Callum Wilson has been directly involved in 10 goals in 11 Premier League appearances this season (7 goals, 3 assists), more than in 35 games for Bournemouth last season (9).
• Since the start of last season, Jack Harrison has more assists in the league for Leeds than any other player (12).

Whats Next?

Leeds face Manchester United on Sunday starting at 4.15pm on Sky Sports Premier League; start at 4.30 pm. Next up for Newcastle is Fulham, live on Sky Sports Premier League from 7.45pm; Start 20.30 h.