Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
Daniel Farke “It was a wonderful night for everyone involved,” he said. leeds United’s team defeated Chelsea 3-1 Elland Road To get out of the Premier League relegation zone.
A powerful header from Slovenian defender Jaka Bijol and a superb 25-yard effort from Ao Tanaka gave Leeds a 2–0 lead.
chelsea substitute pedro neto They fell behind once early in the second half, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave one of his best performances of the season to give Leeds a two-goal lead, relieving some of the pressure on their manager.
Farke, whose team had snapped a losing streak of four consecutive games, said: “It felt like a long time coming, but the players deserve a night like this because I really can’t remember a single bad home performance in the last 15 months.
“There were many performances during the season where we deserved more points and tonight it was an excellent performance.
“We wanted to come back to the big time, play against the best teams in the world, and rock Elland Road in the best way possible in an incredible atmosphere. A fantastic night for everyone associated with Leeds United.”
Speculation has intensified over Farke’s future after just three wins in his first 12 league matches, but the German said: “I didn’t feel at all that we were not united today.
“I think Elland Road was back to its best from the first to the last second. I didn’t see any negative comments.
“I didn’t see any doubts except for the guy behind my bench. He wasn’t happy when we had to defend in the first half.”
Chelsea kept Arsenal top with 10 players on Sunday after last week’s 3-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League, but they slipped at the top of the table and dropped to fourth, nine points behind the Gunners.
head coach Enzo Maresca Admitted his team lost to Leeds and needed to “reset” ahead of the trip to Bournemouth on Saturday.
“I think they were better than us in all aspects, they deserved to win the game,” said the Italian.
“There’s nothing we can learn from this game. The only thing we can do is try to understand the mistake we made, try to reset, because in 48 hours we have another game.
“I expected us to have a bad night because they were on the ball, off the ball, doers, on the second ball, they were much better than us in all aspects.”
Maresca revealed he withdrew Estevao at the interval after the Brazilian international was frustrated after receiving a yellow card for kicking out Gabriel Gudmundsson.
“I think the feeling with Estevao was, you know, a little bit ‘Welcome to Leeds,'” Maresca said.
“Sometimes at 18, you have difficulty managing emotions, so it was better to change that and avoid any red cards.”