Leeds United defeat Newcastle 4-1 to go third in Premier League

Goals from in-form guardant Calvert-Lewin, Okafor and Bogle boost Leeds’ lasting successful the league table.

Leeds United enactment 4 goals past Newcastle United successful a 4-1 drubbing to ascent up to 3rd successful the Premier League array and inflict a punishing archetypal decision for Magpies brag Matthias Jaissle.

A Lewis Miley ain extremity opened the floodgates earlier Jayden Bogle, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Noah Okafor completed the rout astatine Elland Road connected Monday.

Newcastle had made a affirmative commencement nether Jaissle contempt the upheaval of losing manager Eddie Howe and cardinal players Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali successful the off-season.

Despite being owned by the fiscal mightiness of the Saudi sovereign wealthiness fund, Newcastle targeted rising stars to capable the void of those that near and were outmuscled by a much experienced Leeds.

“It was wide from the commencement and I said that galore times that we volition person up and downs, challenges on the way,” said Jaissle. “We faced that situation and it’s tough, it’s truly tough.”

A atrocious nighttime for the visitors began wrong the archetypal 20 minutes erstwhile Nico Gonzalez had to beryllium replaced arsenic a concussion substitute.

That near 18-year-old Sean Steur and Lewis Miley, 20, unneurotic astatine the bosom of the Newcastle midfield and the aboriginal unluckily had the last interaction aft Ao Tanaka’s onslaught took 2 deflections earlier looping into the net.

The visitors failed to regain their composure arsenic conscionable 2 minutes aboriginal Leeds doubled their advantage.

Calvert-Lewin roseate highest to conscionable James Justin’s transverse but his header flicked disconnected Bogle arsenic it recovered the bottommost country and the right-back was fixed the goal.

The Leeds’ fig 9 did not person to hold agelong to marque definite helium did people for the 5th consecutive league crippled astatine Elland Road.

Calvert-Lewin bulldozed his mode past Sven Botman earlier sliding the shot nether Lukas Hornicek successful the Newcastle goal.

Calvert-Lewin scores their 3rd extremity against Newcastle [Scott Heppell/Reuters]

Anton Stach should person added a 4th aboriginal successful the 2nd play erstwhile helium pounced connected a slack Hornicek walk retired from the battalion but dinked the shot conscionable wide.

Okafor did marque it 4-0 earlier the hr people erstwhile helium volleyed successful from the borderline of the container aft Newcastle failed to wide a agelong throw.

“Perfect commencement close present with 8 points, terrific performance,” said Leeds brag Daniel Farke. “Energy, prime and bully operation successful and without possession.”

Bazoumana Toure netted a consolation successful stoppage clip to trim Newcastle’s arrears, but the harm was agelong since done.

Victory takes Farke’s men down lone defending champions Arsenal and Manchester City.

Newcastle stay connected 5 points but gaffe down to 12th owed to their antagonistic extremity difference.