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Commentary
0¹THURAM brought the ball round DOLAN and flicked a weak shot into the crowd.
1¹The bemused Blackburn Rovers 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DOWNES fell just over.
2¹DI LORENZO beat DOLAN but placed the ball into the arms of TURNER.
4¹A cross from DOWNES left TAYLOR in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
9¹A free-kick from ASENSIO floated just beyond the near post.
10¹GOAL!! With his back to goal BASTONI swivelled and rattled the ball past TURNER. (1-0 Leeds United)
21¹A lovely effort from ZUBIMENDI scraped the upright.
24¹A penalty box scramble resulted in LOOKMAN driving the ball over.
25¹LOOKMAN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers crossbar.
31¹LOOKMAN rattled a simple chance past the near post.
37¹GOAL!! A shot from TAYLOR raced through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted SÁNCHEZ. (1-1)
2²ARMSTRONG shot wide.
3²ROTHWELL's shot was well held by the Leeds United 'keeper.
4²GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper, REIJNDERS was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to THURAM to drill in. (2-1 Leeds United)
6²A twenty yard shot from THURAM caused TURNER no problem.
6²A mix up in the Blackburn Rovers defence enabled DI LORENZO to hammer the ball inches over.
13²LOOKMAN nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
14²A fine ball from TAYLOR on the left bobbled toward DOLAN who mishit his shot over.
16²BRUNO GUIMARÃES beat four Blackburn Rovers players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar.
30²NWANERI snapped at a simple chance.
44²A great save prevented TAYLOR from scoring a great goal.

 
Leeds United
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WXW-
Overall league form: WOLXWW--
Formation: 4-3-2-1
Line-ups
Robert SÁNCHEZ7 16½Matt TURNER(c)
Giovanni DI LORENZO7 26½Lewis TRAVIS
Denzel DUMFRIES7½36½Jakub KIWIOR
Martín ZUBIMENDI8 46½Flynn DOWNES
Alessandro BUONGIORNO7½56½Chrislain MATSIMA
Alessandro BASTONI7 66 Wesley HOEDT
Marco ASENSIO6½76 Joe ROTHWELL
Tijjani REIJNDERS7 86½Kenneth TAYLOR
Marcus THURAM7 96 Sam GALLAGHER(p)
(c,p,f)BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez6 106½Tyrhys DOLAN(f)
Ademola LOOKMAN7 116 Adam ARMSTRONG
Luke MurrayManager
ANTÓNIO João SILVA  12  Jack VALE
Guillaume RESTES  13  Aynsley PEARS
Ethan NWANERI7½147 Ben WHITEMAN
Rodrigo BENTANCUR6½15  David WOLFE
Olivier GIROUD  16  Duncan WATMORE
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 22
Away league form: LLXW
Overall league form: LLXLXW--
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Leeds United 2 Blackburn Rovers 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 18,765, Stadium: Elland Road, Referee: Michael Jones 8, stadium work in progress)

Bastoni 10¹, Thuram 4²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Taylor 37¹
Bruno GuimarãesóBentancur 25², AsensioóNwaneri 25²DolanóWhiteman 18²
  
  
14
810
30
53
103
156
32
51%49%
Man of the match: Martín Zubimendi