Leeds boss Daniel Farke gets his wish as Manor Solomon stars in Norwich win

Leeds reclaimed apical spot successful the Championship with a 2-0 triumph implicit Norwich courtesy of a Manor Solomon masterclass to lukewarm up for adjacent week's clash with promotion rivals Burnley

Injury-doubt Manor Solomon scored the quickest extremity of the Championship play arsenic Leeds brag Daniel Farke admitted: “I wanted to nonstop a message.”

The on-loan Tottenham wideman took conscionable 31 seconds to unfastened the scoring past nighttime arsenic United regained apical spot.

It is becoming a communal taxable for him. The Israeli planetary struck aft lone 3 minutes successful Sunday’s 3-0 triumph implicit Sheffield Wednesday. However, helium suffered a hamstring strain successful that crippled and needed a scan connected Monday.

Farke wasn’t expected to sanction him against Norwich but said: “Sometimes I person to astonishment you guys - and beryllium a spot unpredictable!

“The scan was OK, Manor had capable clip to retrieve and the clip to our crippled adjacent Monday is enough, too.

“It’s a monolithic crippled against Burnley [but] I wanted to nonstop a connection that this [Norwich] is an important crippled and we don’t under-estimate immoderate team. You’re ever a spot nervous. But my gut feeling was we needed to nonstop a message.

“It was not our astir breathtaking crippled oregon our astir shining performance. But we virtually gave them nary chances.”

Leeds, successful general, emotion a swift commencement astatine Elland Road, often going up successful the opening exchanges. It’s what happens afterwards that sometimes leaves fans nervous.

Despite unit galore against injury-hit Norwich, they looked similar they were struggling to summation a game-clinching 2nd goal. But Solomon came up trumps again to easiness immoderate lingering nerves of being connected the extremity of a smash and drawback raid. The 25 year-old curled successful a delicious transverse that eluded each the visiting defence and allowed unmarked Dan James to onslaught successful the 65th minute.

It was United’s 12th location triumph of the play and they person lone dropped 2 points since their past decision astatine Elland Road successful September.

Farke doubly won the Championship rubric with Norwich and progressively looks apt to summation different promotion with his existent side.

Solomon’s was a superb goal, orchestrated with immoderate beauteous build-up play. Brenden Aaronson played infield to Jayden Bogle who played it backmost with an outrageous back-flick for Aaronson to unleash James down the right. James whipped successful a transverse and Solomon smashed it into the extortion of the net. Norwich didn’t cognize what had deed them.

Leeds would continually summation rewards down the right, outstanding full-back Bogle causing each sorts of problems. Aaronson popped up everyplace and helium slipped Joel Piroe through. But the striker took excessively agelong to unleash, allowing Shane Duffy to block.

Next, Bogle’s stunning walk did spot Piroe get a changeable distant but keeper Angus Gunn was up to the task.

USA planetary Aaronson claimed helium had a punishment aft racing onto different prime walk from Bogle. But referee Matthew Donohue judged determination was nary interaction from Gunn arsenic helium slid out.

The injury-hit visitors, who had six Under 21s players connected their bench, battled hard enough. But they were constricted to a mates of efforts from Onel Hernandez and Kellen Fisher, neither of which troubled Leeds keeper Illan Meslier.

It was Gunn who was called into enactment again, proving alert to forestall Bogle’s spectacular volley successful injury-time. But Norwich were aggrieved the hosts weren’t reduced to 10 men.

Ao Tanaka, already connected a booking, caught Emiliano Marcondes precocious successful the 50th infinitesimal and was fortunate not to person a 2nd yellowish card. Norwich brag Johannes Hoff Thorup was fuming connected the touchline.

Either way, it was nary astonishment erstwhile Farke replaced midfielder Tanaka - arguably Leeds’ subordinate of the play truthful acold - soon after.

Thorup laughed erstwhile asked if Tanaka should person stayed connected the pitch. He said: “I had a connection with the ref afterwards arsenic I request immoderate benignant of explanation. It was a large call. The past happening I privation is for it to dependable similar that’s the crushed we mislaid the game. It’s not.

“It could person changed things. But Leeds were the amended side.”

He admitted: “We didn't get disconnected to the champion start. After that we showed immoderate quality and courage.

“But we didn’t make capable bully chances. I don’t deliberation they created excessively overmuch successful the 2nd but it’s a hard script to beryllium 1 nil down aft a minute.”

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