Leeds United bounced returned from two goals down to edge Bournemouth 4-3 in an exciting, end-to-stop stumble upon at Elland street inside the most fulfilling League on Saturday.
In spite of locating themselves 3-1 down early inside the 2nd 1/2, Jesse Marsch’s Leeds side mounted an epic comeback with a vociferous domestic assist behind them to take all three points and circulate as much as twelfth inside the standings.
“It become the last domestic game [before the World Cup] and the crowd is like the twelfth guy,” said Crysencio Summerville, who earned a primary-1/2 penalty and scored the fourth in the 84th minute, having snatched a ultimate-gasp winner at Liverpool final weekend.
“Leeds United is first-rate and the group supply plenty. We have to preserve constructing the momentum.”
Marsch, meanwhile, said the comeback became “tough to place into phrases” and praised his side’s notion at some stage in.
Leeds started the game on the assault and have been provided a penalty within the third minute while Summerville became fouled in the box and a composed Rodrigo stepped as much as send goalkeeper Mark Travers the incorrect manner and open the scoring.
Bournemouth remained unperturbed and equalised through Marcus Tavernier earlier than Philip Billing directed a first-time strike into the roof of the net to place them beforehand.
The traffic scored their 1/3 goal two minutes into the second one 1/2 when Tavernier grew to become provider once more on a counter-assault that commenced from a Leeds corner and turned into completed in style by way of Dominic Solanke.
Leeds refused to offer in and struck twice in eight mins to stage the rating, with 20-yr-vintage Sam Greenwood first curling an effort past the keeper from out of doors the box before his shipping from a corner turned into headed domestic by way of Liam Cooper.
Within the 84th minute, Leeds stormed ahead at the counter-attack again earlier than Summerville burst into the container to latch directly to a thru ball from Wilfried Gnonto to make it 4-three.
For Bournemouth, who dropped to fifteenth vicinity, it turned into a case of deja vu as they squandered a two-purpose lead for a second consecutive healthy having misplaced 3-2 at domestic to Tottenham Hotspur ultimate week.
“i’m gutted,” Tavarnier stated. “I think all and sundry in there feels it. It came about remaining week, it occurred again this week.
“we have a two-goal cushion and have given a a couple of quantity of desires away. It’s miles unacceptable, we can not keep doing this as teams at this level will punish us.”
