Leeds United ratings v Newcastle, four nine out of 10 as Daniel Farke’s side end 24-year wait

Leeds United thumped Newcastle United 4-1 at home on Monday night, retaining an unbeaten Premier League start through four matches for the first time since 2001-02, as Daniel Farke’s side impressed.

The hosts hit back after a 6-3 Carabao Cup defeat at Chelsea with a ruthless performance. Leedsunited.news notes that four players earned nine out of 10 in the player ratings.

Ao Tanaka’s deflected strike opened the scoring, then James Justin’s superb cross was headed goalwards by Dominic Calvert-Lewin and flicked in off Jayden Bogle, the goal credited to the wing-back. Calvert-Lewin then finished Anton Stach’s pass to make it 3-0 by half-time.

After the interval Noah Okafor rifled in his first of the season, before a late Newcastle consolation denied James Trafford a clean sheet.

Bogle, Justin, Ethan Ampadu and Calvert-Lewin were marked nine, with Ampadu outstanding at the base of midfield and Calvert-Lewin thriving on service. Justin impressed throughout and supplied the delivery for the second.

Tanaka, Okafor and Gabi Gudmundsson scored eight, while Nico Elvedi, Tarik Muharemovic, Stach and Trafford received seven. Muharemovic produced a goal-saving block from Harvey Barnes as Farke’s recruits again looked astute.

Source: Leedsunited.news

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