Leeds 2-3 Fulham: Cottagers beat Whites to increase pressure on Marsch

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Aleksandar Mitrovic heads successful  for FulhamAleksandar Mitrovic's extremity was his ninth successful the Premier League this season

Leeds brag Jesse Marsch faces an uncertain aboriginal aft Fulham came from down to assertion a triumph astatine Elland Road that leaves the Whites successful in the Premier League bottommost 3 and without a triumph successful 8 games.

Second-half goals from Bobby Decordova-Reid and Willian sealed the crippled for the Cottagers - the erstwhile steering a header earlier the second scored from adjacent scope to provoke mutiny among the location crowd.

The past 10 minutes were played retired to the dependable of chants against Marsch and the club's committee with the last whistle greeted by boos from astir the ground.

Looking to boost their lowly league presumption and the lasting of their beleaguered boss, the location broadside had led done Rodrigo's header successful the 20th minute, raising the imaginable of a archetypal triumph since August.

But acquainted antiaircraft failings again undid them arsenic they allowed Aleksandar Mitrovic an unchallenged close-range header from a country conscionable six minutes later.

In what is becoming a acquainted story, the Whites looked huffed and puffed successful onslaught but looked susceptible each afternoon.

It took a superb goal-line artifact from Marc Roca to halt Harrison Reed scoring the opener and a good prevention from Illan Meslier to halt Andreas Pereira making it 2-1 earlier the break.

Decordova-Reid and Willian took their chances erstwhile they came to implicit the turnaround and guarantee that not adjacent Crysencio Summerville's precocious extremity could change the result.

It gives this enterprising and assured Fulham broadside a 2nd successive triumph pursuing Thursday's 3-0 triumph implicit Aston Villa and leaves Marsch to an uncertain fate.

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Leeds United

  1. Squad number1Player nameMeslier

  2. Squad number2Player nameAyling

  3. Squad number5Player nameKoch

  4. Squad number6Player nameCooper

  5. Squad number21Player nameStruijk

  6. Squad number42Player nameGreenwood

  7. Squad number8Player nameRoca

  8. Squad number11Player nameHarrison

  9. Squad number7Player nameAaronson

  10. Squad number23Player nameSinisterra

  11. Squad number19Player nameRodrigo

  1. Squad number9Player nameBamford

  2. Squad number10Player nameSummerville

  3. Squad number30Player nameGelhardt

  4. Squad number43Player nameKlich

Fulham

  1. Squad number17Player nameLeno

  2. Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

  3. Squad number4Player nameTosin

  4. Squad number13Player nameReam

  5. Squad number33Player nameRobinson

  6. Squad number6Player nameReed

  7. Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha

  8. Squad number8Player nameWilson

  9. Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira

  10. Squad number20Player nameWillian

  11. Squad number9Player nameMitrovic

  1. Squad number5Player nameDuffy

  2. Squad number7Player nameKebano

  3. Squad number10Player nameCairney

  4. Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius

Line-ups

Leeds

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Meslier
  • 2Ayling
  • 5Koch
  • 6CooperBooked astatine 39mins
  • 21StruijkSubstituted forGelhardtat 84'minutes
  • 42GreenwoodSubstituted forKlichat 76'minutes
  • 8Roca
  • 11Harrison
  • 7Aaronson
  • 23SinisterraSubstituted forSummervilleat 64'minutes
  • 19RodrigoSubstituted forBamfordat 64'minutes

Substitutes

  • 3Firpo
  • 9Bamford
  • 10Summerville
  • 14Llorente
  • 18Gyabi
  • 22Robles
  • 25Kristensen
  • 30Gelhardt
  • 43Klich

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 17Leno
  • 14De Cordova-Reid
  • 4Tosin
  • 13Ream
  • 33RobinsonBooked astatine 62mins
  • 6ReedSubstituted forCairneyat 90+3'minutes
  • 26Lobo Alves Palhinha Gonçalves
  • 8WilsonSubstituted forKebanoat 63'minutes
  • 18Pereira
  • 20WillianSubstituted forDuffyat 89'minutes
  • 9MitrovicSubstituted forAlves Moraisat 90+2'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Rodák
  • 5Duffy
  • 7Kebano
  • 10Cairney
  • 25Onomah
  • 27Mbabu
  • 30Alves Morais
  • 31Diop
  • 38Harris

Referee:Anthony Taylor

Attendance:36,447

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Leeds United 2, Fulham 3.

  2. Second Half ends, Leeds United 2, Fulham 3.

  3. Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Crysencio Summerville.

  4. Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Harrison Reed.

  5. Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.

  6. Goal! Leeds United 2, Fulham 3. Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Joe Gelhardt with a done ball.

  7. Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

  8. Substitution, Fulham. Shane Duffy replaces Willian.

  9. Offside, Leeds United. Luke Ayling tries a done ball, but Patrick Bamford is caught offside.

  10. Attempt missed. Tosin Adarabioyo (Fulham) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Andreas Pereira with a transverse pursuing a corner.

  11. Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Crysencio Summerville.

  12. Substitution, Leeds United. Joe Gelhardt replaces Pascal Struijk.

  13. Goal! Leeds United 1, Fulham 3. Willian (Fulham) near footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Harrison Reed.

  14. Attempt blocked. Liam Cooper (Leeds United) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.

  15. Attempt blocked. Luke Ayling (Leeds United) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked.

  16. Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Tosin Adarabioyo.

  17. Robin Koch (Leeds United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  18. Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).

  19. Substitution, Leeds United. Mateusz Klich replaces Sam Greenwood.

  20. Goal! Leeds United 1, Fulham 2. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) header from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Andreas Pereira with a transverse pursuing a corner.

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