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Casemiro got one back for United, but Leeds held on for their first win against United since a shock 2010 FA Cup success when they were in the third tier.<\/p>\n
The Yorkshire club were able to celebrate their first top-flight win against United since 2002 and their first league victory at Old Trafford in 45 years.<\/p>\n
A first win in seven league matches lifted Daniel Farke\u2019s side six points clear of the relegation zone, with six games left to preserve their top-flight status after last season\u2019s promotion.<\/p>\n
As well as battling for survival, Leeds are through to the FA Cup semi-finals, where they face Chelsea at Wembley on April 26.<\/p>\n
While Manchester City and Liverpool are United\u2019s main rivals, their fans\u2019 enmity with Leeds supporters goes back decades, featuring numerous clashes between hooligan gangs.<\/p>\n
That made the defeat a bitter pill to swallow for United fans, who booed Michael Carrick\u2019s side at full-time.<\/p>\n
It was only Carrick\u2019s second defeat in 11 games since he replaced the sacked Ruben Amorim as interim boss in January.<\/p>\n
United remain in third place, seven points ahead of sixth-placed Chelsea in the race to qualify for the Champions League via a top-five finish.<\/p>\n
The last time United played Leeds, Carrick was on holiday with former Old Trafford teammate Wayne Rooney and their respective families in Barbados.<\/p>\n
The Yorkshire club were able to celebrate their first top-flight win against United since 2002 and their first league victory at Old Trafford in 45 years.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Carrick has revitalised United since taking charge, but one win from their last four games is a step back.<\/p>\n
United\u2019s trip to Chelsea on Saturday offers another chance to take a step towards returning to Europe\u2019s elite club competition for the first time since 2023-24.<\/p>\n
Leeds had failed to score in their previous four league games, but they blew United away with a blistering start.<\/p>\n
When Jayden Bogle whipped a fifth-minute cross towards Dominic Calvert-Lewin, United defender Leny Yoro was unable to clear and Okafor pounced with a clinical finish from 10 yards.<\/p>\n
With Harry Maguire suspended, United were shambolic at the back in the first-half and Okafor netted again after more defensive miscues in the 29th minute.<\/p>\n
United made a hash of clearing twice in quick succession and the ball was eventually worked to Okafor, whose strike took a hefty deflection off Yoro as it flashed past Senne Lammens.<\/p>\n
Carrick\u2019s men were back in action for the first time in 24 days and they looked rusty after the enforced break.<\/p>\n
Lisandro Martinez was forced to make a last-ditch tackle on the goal line to stop Ao Tanka scoring a third for Leeds after the Japan midfielder danced around Lammens.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Sesko\u2019s effort was cleared off the line soon after the interval and United\u2019s nightmare evening continued when Martinez saw red in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n
Manchester United’s Casemiro walks off the pitch after the loss.Source: AP<\/p>\n
Martinez needlessly tugged Calvert-Lewin\u2019s long hair and referee Paul Tierney sent him off after consulting the pitch-side monitor.<\/p>\n
Despite their numerical disadvantage, United reduced the deficit in the 69th minute when Casemiro met Bruno Fernandes\u2019 cross with a thumping header past Karl Darlow from six yards.<\/p>\n
It was Fernandes\u2019 17th league assist this season, closing the gap on the single-season record of 20 held by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.<\/p>\n
Calvert-Lewin squandered a golden opportunity to wrap up the points, heading straight at Lammens from close-range.<\/p>\n
Darlow made a superb save from Sesko\u2019s header before Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte had efforts cleared off the line as Leeds held firm in a frantic finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noah Okafor fired Leeds to a long-awaited and controversial 2-1 win over 10-man Manchester United at Old Trafford…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2620,2095,63,689,17879,12045,38410,62966,10404,6257,6187,182171,54887,39221,294589,53043,294592,294597,3738,20427,124757,43,294587,214167,50609,233005,52997,11168,67609,88525,294594,152090,53055,107359,1613,6255,194455,211654,673,44,294598,36643,80448,2041,677,294588,294591,1614,217131,104864,1532,2643,294590,294596,100684,168663,41,39,294593,294595,42,40,3586,660,51010],"class_list":{"0":"post-605297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-barbados","13":"tag-benjamin-sesko","14":"tag-bitter-pill","15":"tag-bruno-fernandes","16":"tag-caribbean","17":"tag-champions-league","18":"tag-chelsea","19":"tag-clinical-finish","20":"tag-club-boss","21":"tag-club-captain","22":"tag-defensive-miscues","23":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","24":"tag-elite-club-competition","25":"tag-fifth-minute-cross","26":"tag-fox-sports","27":"tag-goal-line","28":"tag-hair-pull","29":"tag-headlines","30":"tag-hooligan-gangs","31":"tag-interim-boss","32":"tag-jamie-carragher","33":"tag-karl-darlow","34":"tag-kevin-de-bruyne","35":"tag-last-ditch-tackle","36":"tag-league-games","37":"tag-league-matches","38":"tag-league-victory","39":"tag-league-win","40":"tag-leeds-united-football-club","41":"tag-lisandro-martinez","42":"tag-liverpool","43":"tag-manchester-united-football-club","44":"tag-manuel-ugarte","45":"tag-michael-carrick","46":"tag-new-south-wales","47":"tag-news","48":"tag-nightmare-evening","49":"tag-nightmare-start","50":"tag-noah-okafor","51":"tag-north-america","52":"tag-oceania","53":"tag-paul-tierney","54":"tag-pitch-side-monitor","55":"tag-premier-league","56":"tag-red-card","57":"tag-relegation-zone","58":"tag-ruben-amorim","59":"tag-sky-sports","60":"tag-spurs-relegation-crisis","61":"tag-the-yorkshire","62":"tag-thierry-henry","63":"tag-title-push","64":"tag-top-news","65":"tag-top-stories","66":"tag-top-five-finish","67":"tag-top-flight-win","68":"tag-topnews","69":"tag-topstories","70":"tag-united-kingdom","71":"tag-victoria","72":"tag-wayne-rooney"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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