Leeds into EPL prime 10 after beating Crystal Palace 2-0

Leeds climbed into the English Premier League prime 10 after beating Crystal Palace 2-0 on Monday.
Jack Harrison’s deflected shot gave the house facet a flying begin, and Patrick Bamford tucked dwelling a rebound for his twelfth league purpose and one hundredth of his profession early within the second interval.
“After being out of the league for 16 years it is important for a club like Leeds to get a footing and build from that,” Bamford mentioned. “This is no more than we’ve deserved. It bodes well for the future of Leeds.”
Their tenth top-flight win avenged dropping at Selhurst Park 4-1 in November.
It ought to have gained by extra and registered a primary clear sheet in seven matches this 12 months.
Palace arrived in freezing West Yorkshire using two straight league wins however was a transparent second greatest for a lot of the match. The London facet lacked a innovative within the absence of injured prime scorer Wilfried Zaha.
“We were not able to pressurize them like they pressurized us,” Palace supervisor Roy Hodgson mentioned. “We are a passing team and when we don’t pass the ball well we fall below our standards.”
Leeds was fast to punish Palace for permitting an excessive amount of house on the sting of the penalty space when Harrison’s well-struck shot deflected in off Gary Cahill within the third minute.
Leeds made one other quick begin to the second half. Raphinha’s thumping shot was effectively saved by goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and Bamford adopted as much as flip dwelling the rebound from eight yards.